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

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)