Triplophysa pseudostenura

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cobitoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cobitoidei

Familia: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Triplophysa
Species: Triplophysa pseudostenura

Name

Triplophysa pseudostenura He, Zhang & Song, 2012

• Holotype:IHB 20070703001.
• Paratypes (29): IHB 20070703002–006, 20070703017–018, 820819–20, 820824, 820826–28, 820831, 820833, 820705, 820707, 820714, 820717, 820724, 820733, 821158, 821203, 821205, 821208, 821214, 821218, 821241, 821249.

Type locality: Yalong River (tributary of upper Yangtze River drainage), at Gala village, 99°58'2.20"E, 31°37'2.76"N [1], 3350 m above sea level, Ganzi County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China.

Etymology: Derived from Greek pseudo, alluding to the fact that the species, T. pseudostenura, was first misidentified as Triplophysa stenura.

References

• He, C., Zhang, E & Song, Z. 2012. Triplophysa pseudostenura, a new nemacheiline loach (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae) from the Yalong River of China. Zootaxa 3586: 272–280. Preview PDF Reference page.