| Triplophysa | |
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| Triplophysa ferganaensis | |
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| Triplophysa stolickai | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Triplophysa Rendahl (de), 1933 |
| Type species | |
| Nemacheilus hutjertjuensis Rendahl, 1933
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| Synonyms | |
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Triplophysa is a genus of fish in the family Nemacheilidae found mainly in and around the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China, as well as inland waters of the larger part of central Asia.[1] They can be distinguished from other genera of Nemacheilidae by marked sexual dimorphism, including the development of nuptial tubercles on breeding males.[2] Currently, the genus is a mixed assemblage of species. Some lineages have been identified and treated as subgenera (Hedinichthys, Indotriplophysa, Labiatophysa, Qinghaichthys and Tarimichthys), but as Wikipedia follows Fishbase for fish species all but Hedinichthys have been treated as subgenera in Wikipedia, although Kottelat in his revision of the loaches did recognise them as valid. FishBase, however, includes these in Triplophysa without specifying subgenera and treats the names given by Kottelat as synonyms.[3]
- ^ "Triplophysa". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
BSheralievwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Triplophysa". FishBase. June 2016 version.