Metadata

Triplophysa microphthalma

(Liao and Wang in Liao, Wang and Luo 1997) Kottelat 2012

ORDERSUB-ORDERFAMILY
CypriniformesCobitoidei Nemacheilidae

Synonyms

Schistura dabryi microphthalmus  (Liao and Wang 1997)

Claea dabryi microphthalmus  (Liao and Wang 1997)

Country

China

Types

Holotype: IHB 91x005

Distribution

Type locality: Laoying Cave, Weng'an County, Guizhou Province, China (26o53'N, 107o02'E)

Also known from: Hawk Cave,  Weng'an County, Guizhou Province, China (26o53'N, 107o02'E) (Romero et al. 2009:258, Kottelat 2012:128)

Systematics

A good comparison of subterranean Triplophysa species is provided by Wu et al. (2018).

Conservation Status

[NE]

Key References

Liao, J..W., Wang, D. and Luo, Z. Journal Article 1997 A new species and a new subspecies of Schistura from Guangxi and Guizhou, China (Cypriniformes: Cobitidae: Moemacheilinae)
Kottelat, M. Journal Article 2012 Draconectes narinosus, a new genus and species of cave fish from an island of Halong Bay, Vietnam (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae).
Zhang, C.G. and Zhou, Y.H. Book 2016 Species diversity and distribution of inland fishes in China
Wu, W.J., He, A.Y., Yang, J.X. and Du, L.N. Journal Article 2018 Description of a new species of Triplophysa (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Guizhou Province, China
Zhang, Y., Wang, Z., Zhang, Z., Wu, M.. Chen, J. and Zhao, Y. Journal Article 2018 The complete mitochondrial genome of Triplophysa brevibarba with phylogenetic consideration
Yang, X., Liu, H., Ma, Z., Zou, Y., Zou, M., Mao, Y., Li, X., Wang, H., Chen, T.,Wang, W. and Yang, R. Journal Article 2019 Chromosome‐level genome assembly of Triplophysa tibetana, a fish adapted to the harsh high‐altitude environment of the Tibetan Plateau
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.
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)
Yang, P., Guo,W., Wei, C., Wang, X., Wang, Y. and Wang, J. Journal Article 2024 Characterization and phylogenetic analysis of the complete mitochondrial genome of Triplophysa microphthalma
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)