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Triplophysa bleekeri

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Species of fish

Triplophysa bleekeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Triplophysa
Species: T. bleekeri
Binomial name
Triplophysa bleekeri
(Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874)
The Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau fish Triplophysa bleekeri
Morphology and geographic distribution of Triplophysa bleekeri, taken from GigaScience publication (CC-BY).

Triplophysa bleekeri is a species of stone loach in the genus Triplophysa. It is endemic to China. It grows to 8.2 cm (3.2 in) TL. Having a wide distribution across the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, it lives in fast-flowing rivers from 200 to 3,000m in altitude. Being an unusual species inhabiting high-altitude regions, it is an excellent model to investigate the genetic mechanisms of adaptation to the local environment. With this in mind a chromosomal-scale genome assembly was sequenced and assembled with a genome size of ~628 Mb. This data finding that the Triplophysa genus likely diverged when the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau elevated by >4,000 m roughly 40 million years ago.

Etymology

Although the fish's patronym is not identified but it is clearly in honor of Pieter Bleeker (1819-1878), a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist.

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Triplophysa bleekeri". FishBase. November 2014 version.
  2. Wang, ZJ (2013). "The reproductive traits of Triplophysa bleekeri in the Daning River". Freshwater Fisheries. 43 (5): 8–12.
  3. Yuan, Dengyue; Chen, Xuehui; Gu, Haoran; Zou, Ming; Zou, Yu; Fang, Jian; Tao, Wenjing; Dai, Xiangyan; Xiao, Shijun; Wang, Zhijian (2020-11-10). "Chromosomal genome of Triplophysa bleekeri provides insights into its evolution and environmental adaptation". GigaScience. 9 (11). doi:10.1093/gigascience/giaa132. PMC 7684707. PMID 33231676.
  4. 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 14 April 2022.
Taxon identifiers
Triplophysa bleekeri


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