Biology:Triplophysa alexandrae

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Triplophysa alexandrae
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Triplophysa
Species:
T. alexandrae
Binomial name
Triplophysa alexandrae
Prokofiev, 2001

Triplophysa alexandrae is a species of stone loach in the genus Triplophysa endemic to Sichuan, China .[1][2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Alexandra Viktorovna Potanina (1843-1893), the wife and traveling companion of Grigory Nikolayaevich Potanin (1835-1920), a Russian explorer of Central Asia.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Triplophysa alexandrae" in FishBase. November 2014 version.
  2. ↑ Eschmeyer, W. N. (3 February 2015). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp. Retrieved 24 February 2015. 
  3. ↑ "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family NEMACHEILIDAE (r-y)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/cypriniformes5/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q390271 entry