The Tibetan stone loach (''Triplophysa stolickai'') is a
species of
ray-finned fish in the
family Nemacheilidae. The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
is sometimes spelled ''stoliczkae'' but the original spelling used by Steindachner is ''stoličkai''.
[Wu, Y.-Y., Sun, Z.-Y. & Guo, Y.-S. (2016): A new species of the genus Triplophysa (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae), ''Triplophysa daochengensis'', from Sichuan Province, China. ''Zoological Research, 37 (5): 290-296.''] It is found in southern and central
Asia.
Etymology
The stone loach is named in honor of paleontologist
Ferdinand Stoliczka (1838-1874). Stoliczka was the one who collected the type specimen.
References
Triplophysa
Freshwater fish of Asia
Fauna of Tibet
Freshwater fish of China
Freshwater fish of India
Fish of Afghanistan
Fish of Iran
Fish of Pakistan
Fish of Central Asia
Fish described in 1866
Taxa named by Franz Steindachner
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