Triplophysa choprai
Triplophysa choprai, the snow loach,[1] is a species of ray-finned fish in the subgenus Indotriplophysa of genus Triplophysa.[2]
| Triplophysa choprai | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Triplophysa |
| Subgenus: | Indotriplophysa |
| Species: | T. choprai |
| Binomial name | |
| Triplophysa choprai (Hora, 1934) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Nemachilus choprai Hora, 1934 | |
It is named after Bashambhar Nath Chopra (1898–1966), who collected the holotype, and assisted Sunder Lal Hora with the species description.[3]
Footnotes
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Triplophysa choprai" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- Rafique, M.; Johnson, J.A.; Daniels, A.; Zafarullah, M.; Qureshi, I. & Imran, M. (2021). "Triplophysa choprai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T128727303A128727324. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T128727303A128727324.en. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- Kottelat, M. (2012). "Conspectus_cobitidum.pdf Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei)" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement No. 26: 1–199.
- "Family NEMACHEILIDAE Regan 1911 (Stone or Brook Loaches)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
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