Biology:Triplophysa alexandrae
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| Triplophysa alexandrae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Triplophysa |
| Species: | T. alexandrae
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| Binomial name | |
| Triplophysa alexandrae Prokofiev, 2001
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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
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Triplophysa alexandrae" in FishBase. November 2014 version.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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
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