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Triplophysa alexandrae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Nemacheilidae
Genus:	Triplophysa
Species:	T. alexandrae
Binomial name
Triplophysa alexandrae Prokofiev, 2001

Triplophysa alexandrae is a species of stone loach in the genus Triplophysa endemic to Sichuan, China.

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Alexandra Viktorovna Potanina (1843-1893), the wife and traveling companion of Grigory Nikolayaevich Potanin (1835-1920), a Russian explorer of Central Asia.

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Triplophysa alexandrae". FishBase. November 2014 version.
2. Eschmeyer, W. N. (3 February 2015). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
3. 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 12 April 2022.

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