Triplophysa dalaica explained

Triplophysa dalaica is a species of stone loach. It is only known from Hulun Lake in Inner Mongolia, China; it is believed to occur more widely as fish in this genus typically occur in running water.

Triplophysa dalaica has been used as model species to study adaptation to high-altitude hypoxia. 13 positively selected genes involved in hypoxia response have been identified. The specimen in question was captured in the Yellow River in Zoigê County, northern Sichuan.^[1]

Notes and References

1. 10.1016/j.gene.2015.04.023. Transcriptome analysis of the plateau fish (Triplophysa dalaica): Implications for adaptation to hypoxia in fishes. Gene. 565. 2. 211–220. 2015. Wang . Y. . Yang . L. . Wu . B. . Song . Z. . He . S. . 25869933.