| Family: |
Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches) |
| Max. size: |
10.4 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
Asia: Known only from the type locality from Bajan Gol River in Quaidam, Qinghai Province, China. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-11; Anal soft rays: 8-8; Vertebrae: 44-44. Distinguished from its very similar species, Triplophya leptosoma, by having the following characters: very wide trunk (the maximum thickness significantly exceeds the maximum depth); comparatively deeper body, caudal peduncle and dorsal fin; more posterior
position of the beginning of the dorsal fin; larger ventroanal distance (16.4% SL); anus, settles out of the beginning of the anal fin to more than the orbit diameter (Ref. 57946). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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