Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Nemacheilidae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Cypriniformes Genus Triplophysa | |
Scientific name Triplophysa longipectoralis People also search for Triplophysa, Triplophysa orientalis, Nemacheilidae | ||
Triplophysa longipectoralis is a cave-living species of stone loach with vestigial eyes. The fish lives in clear water at temperatures below 20° C. The holotype was caught in Xunle town, Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County in the Liu River basin, Guangxi, China and was described by Zheng et al. in 2009.
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