Biology:Qinghaichthys

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Qinghaichthys
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Triplophysa
Subgenus: Qinghaichthys
S. Q. Zhu, 1981
Type species
Nemacheilus alticeps
Herzenstein, 1888

Qinghaichthys is a subgenus the genus Triplophysa, stone loaches native to China . Some authorities recognise this as a valid genus but this is not recognised by Fishbase.[1]

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus, if it is accepted as valid:[2]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). Species of Triplophysa in FishBase. February 2022 version.
  2. Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.

Wikidata ☰ Q7267829 entry