''Triplophysa cuneicephala'' is a species of
stone loach
The stone loach (''Barbatula barbatula'') is a European species of fresh water ray-finned fish in the family Nemacheilidae. It is one of nineteen species in the genus ''Barbatula''. Stone loaches live amongst the gravel and stones of fast flowin ...
in the genus ''
Triplophysa
''Triplophysa'' is a genus of fish in the family Nemacheilidae found mainly in and around the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China. Currently, the genus is a mixed assemblage of species. Some lineages have been identified and treated as subgenera (''He ...
''.
It is
endemic to China and was first discovered from near
Beijing.
References
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Freshwater fish of China
Endemic fauna of China
Taxa named by Shaw Tsen-Hwang
Taxa named by Tchang Tchung-Lin
Fish described in 1931
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