Triplophysa longipectoralis explained

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.^[1]

External links

• Image of the holotype found in the Liujiang River on SpringerImages (subscription needed to see full image)

Notes and References

1. Zheng. Lan-Ping. Li-Na Du. Xiao-Yong Chen. Jun-Xing Yang. 2009. A new species of genus Triplophysa (Nemacheilinae: Balitoridae), Triplophysa longipectoralis sp. nov, from Guangxi, China. Environmental Biology of Fishes . 85. 3. 221–7. 0378-1909. 10.1007/s10641-009-9485-4. 10415193.