Metadata

Triplophysa wudangensis

Liu, Zheng and Gong 2022

ORDERSUB-ORDERFAMILY
CypriniformesCobitoidei Nemacheilidae

Synonyms

None.

Country

China

Types

Holotype: IHB 201908090001, 53.4 mm SL

Paratypes: IHB 201908090002-201908090004, 3, 46.8-58.6 mm SL

Distribution

Known only rom the Type Locality: The outlet of a subterranean tributary of the River Wujiang in the River Yangtze drainage in Wudang District, Guiyang City, Guizhou Province, China ((26°39′30′′ N, 106°46′0′′ E; 1,105 m elevation).

 

Habitat

The water temperature was 15.0 °C during the survey period in August 2019. The species co-occurred with some endemic fishes of Guizhou Province, including Sinocyclocheilus multipunctatus and Linichthys laticeps in its type locality.

Systematics

A member of the hypogean group of Triplophysa species and sister to a group containing T. rosa and T. qingzhenensis (Liu et al. 2022).

Conservation Status

[NE]

Museum Holdings

As above only.

Key References

Huang, T.F., Zhang, P.L., Huang, X.L., Wu, T., Gong, X.Y., Zhang, Y.X., Peng, Q.Z. and Liu, Z.X. Journal Article 2019 A new cave-dwelling blind loach, Triplophysa erythraea sp. nov. (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae), from Hunan Province, China.
Liu, F., Zeng, Z.-X. and Gong, Z. Journal Article 2022 Two new hypogean species of Triplophysa (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae) from the River Yangtze drainage in Guizhou, China
He, Y. and He, D.K. Journal Article 2023 X-ray microtomography study of cranium, pectoral fin and girdle, and Weberian Apparatus development in juvenile Triplophysa stewarti (Nemacheilidae)
Wang, Y.D., Dong, X.Y. and Liu, H.B. Journal Article 2024 The complete mitochondrial genome of Triplophysa erythraea (Huang et al. 2019)(Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae)