''Triplophysa siluroides'' is a large species of
stone loach
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, which is
endemic
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to the upper parts of the
Yellow River
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basin in the Chinese provinces of
Qinghai
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,
Gansu and
Sichuan
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.
[Wang, S.; and Xie, Y. (2004). ''China Species Red List.'' Red List. Higher Education Press, Beijing.][He, C.; Zhang, X.; Hou, F.; Zhang, X.; and Song, S. (2008). ''Threatened fishes of the world: Triplophysa siluroides (Herzenstein 1888) (Balitoridae).'' Environmental Biology of Fishes 83(3): 305.]
''T. siluroides'' reaches up to in
standard length
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Overall length
* Standard length (SL) is the length of a fish ...
and in weight,
making it the largest species in its family. It is a benthic predator that feeds on small fish and invertebrates.
Description
The species is known to have a large head depressed with 3 barbel pairs and a caudal fin emarginate. The upper body is slightly longer, as for the color the body is of yellowish brown color with brown circles accompanies by cloudy patterns on the sides.
The fish mostly inhabits high elevation levels above the seas levels. Though it is a carnivorous fish it is deemed harmless to humans.
An important
food fish
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,
[Walker, K.F.; and H.Z. Yang (1999)]
Fish and Fisheries if China
Food and Agriculture Organization
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. Retrieved 10 May 2019. it has seriously declined and is now considered
vulnerable
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according to China's Red List.
[ The species has been bred and raised in captivity.][Hua, L. (2013–2014)]
Comparison of Nutrient Components in Muscles of Wild and Artificial Cultured Triplophysa siluroides
Journal of Fisheries of China.
References
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Freshwater fish of China
Endemic fauna of China
Taxa named by Solomon Herzenstein
Fish described in 1888
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