Qinghaichthys
| Qinghaichthys | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Triplophysa |
| Subgenus: | 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]
- Triplophysa (Qinghaichthys) alticeps (Herzenstein, 1888)
- Triplophysa (Qinghaichthys) rotundiventris (Y. F. Wu & Yuan Chen, 1979)
- Triplophysa (Qinghaichthys) zaidamensis (Kessler, 1874)
- Triplophysa (Qinghaichthys) zamegacephalus (T. Q. Zhao, 1985)
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Triplophysa". FishBase. February 2022 version.
- ^ Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Archived 2013-02-11 at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.