Metadata

Triplophysa qingzhenensis

Liu, Zeng and Gong 2022

ORDERSUB-ORDERFAMILY
CypriniformesCobitoidei Nemacheilidae

Synonyms

None.

Country

China

Types

Holotype: IHB 201911150001, 103.9 mm SL
Paratypes: IHB 201911150002-201911150005, 4, 60.2-104.6 mm SL

Distribution

Known only from the type locality: A subterranean tributary of the River Wujiang in the River Yangtze drainage in Qingzhen County, Guiyang City, Guizhou Province, China (26°47′0′′ N, 106°16′0′′ E; 1,258 m elevation).

Habitat

The species inhabited in complete darkness at the bottom of the slowly-flowing underground river where the water temperature was 14.5 °C and pH value was 7.8 during the survey period in November 2019.

Systematics

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

Conservation Status

[NE]

Museum Holdings

As above only.

Key References

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)