The Tibetan stone loach (''Triplophysa stolickai'') is a

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ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or hor ...

in the

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Nemacheilidae. The

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is sometimes spelled ''stoliczkae'' but the original spelling used by Steindachner is ''stoličkai''.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.'' It is found in southern and central

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Etymology

The stone loach is named in honor of paleontologist

Ferdinand Stoliczka Ferdinand Stoliczka (Czech written Stolička, 7 June 1838 – 19 June 1874) was a Moravian palaeontologist who worked in India on paleontology, geology and various aspects of zoology, including ornithology, malacology, and herpetology. He died of ...

(1838-1874). Stoliczka was the one who collected the type specimen.

References

Triplophysa Freshwater fish of Asia Fauna of Tibet Freshwater fish of China Freshwater fish of India Fish of Afghanistan Fish of Iran Fish of Pakistan Fish of Central Asia Fish described in 1866 Taxa named by Franz Steindachner {{Nemacheilidae-stub