''Triplophysa microphthalma'' is a species of
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 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 ...
'', it is placed in the
subgenus
In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.
In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between t ...
''
Labiatophysa
''Labiatophysa'' is a subgenus of stone loach genus ''Triplophysa'' native to central Asia. It is regarded by some authorities as a valid genus in its own right.Kottelat, M. (2012)Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world ( ...
'' which is regarded by some authorities as a valid genus.
[Kottelat, M. (2012)]
Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei).
''The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.''
Footnotes
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microphthalma
Taxa named by Karl Kessler
Fish described in 1879
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