Triplophysa choprai

Last updated

Triplophysa choprai
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Triplophysa
Subgenus: Indotriplophysa
Species:
T. choprai
Binomial name
Triplophysa choprai
(Hora, 1934)
Synonyms

Nemachilus chopraiHora, 1934
Indotriplophysa choprai(Hora, 1934)

Triplophysa choprai, the snow loach, [1] is a species of ray-finned fish in the subgenus Indotriplophysa of genus Triplophysa . [2]

It is named after Bashambhar Nath Chopra (1898–1966), who collected the holotype, and assisted Sunder Lal Hora with the species description. [3]

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 Rafique, M.; Johnson, J.A.; Daniels, A.; Zafarullah, M.; Qureshi, I. & Imran, M. (2021). "Triplophysa choprai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T128727303A128727324. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T128727303A128727324.en . Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  2. ↑ Kottelat, M. (2012). "Conspectus_cobitidum.pdf Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei)" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement No. 26: 1–199.
  3. ↑ "Family NEMACHEILIDAE Regan 1911 (Stone or Brook Loaches)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.