Tibetan stone loach

The Tibetan stone loach (Triplophysa stolickai) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Nemacheilidae. The specific name is sometimes spelled stoliczkae but the original spelling used by Steindachner is stoličkai.^[3] It is found in southern and central Asia.^[4]

Tibetan stone loach
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Nemacheilidae
Genus:	Triplophysa
Species:	T. stolickai
Binomial name
Triplophysa stolickai (Steindachner, 1866)[2]
Synonyms
Cobitis elegans Kessler, 1874 Cobitis stoličkai protonym Nemacheilus stoliczkae Triplophysa stoliczkai

Etymology

The stone loach is named in honor of paleontologist Ferdinand Stoliczka (1838–1874). Stoliczka was the one who collected the type specimen.^[5]

References

1. Daniels, A. (2022). "Triplophysa stolickai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T168488A1186806. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T168488A1186806.en. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
2. "Zur fischfauna Kaschmirs und der benachbarten Landerstriche in Wien". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft. 16: 784–796. 1866.
3. Wu, Y.-Y., Sun, Z.-Y. & Guo, Y.-S. (2016): A new species of the genus Triplophysa (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae), Triplophysa daochengensis, from Sichuan Province, China. Zoological Research, 37 (5): 290-296.
4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Triplophysa stoliczkai". FishBase. June 2016 version.
5. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family NEMACHEILIDAE (r-y)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 14 April 2022.