''Tarimichthys'' is a subgenus of stone loach genus ''

Triplophysa ''Triplophysa'' is a genus of fish in the family Nemacheilidae found mainly in and around the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China. Currently, the genus is a mixed assemblage of species. Some lineages have been identified and treated as subgenera (''H ...

'' native to China which contains two species. Some authorities recognise ''Tarimichthys'' as a valid taxon.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus: * '' Triplophysa (Tarimichthys) bombifrons'' ( Herzenstein, 1888) * '' Triplophysa (Tarimichthys) edsinica'' (

Prokofiev Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''., group=n (27 April .S. 15 April1891 – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, p ...

, 2003)

Maurice Kottelat Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandC ...

recognises a third species ''Tarimichthys incipiens'' which other authorities consider a subspecies of ''S. bombifrons''.

References

Nemacheilidae Animal subgenera {{Nemacheilidae-stub