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Triplophysa choprai

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Species of fish

Triplophysa choprai
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Triplophysa
Subgenus: Indotriplophysa
Species: T. choprai
Binomial name
Triplophysa choprai
(Hora, 1934)
Synonyms

Nemachilus choprai Hora, 1934
Indotriplophysa choprai (Hora, 1934)

Triplophysa choprai, the snow loach, is a species of ray-finned fish in the subgenus Indotriplophysa of genus Triplophysa.

It is named after Bashambhar Nath Chopra (1898–1966), who collected the holotype, and assisted Sunder Lal Hora with the species description.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Rafique, M.; Johnson, J.A.; Daniels, A.; Zafarullah, M.; Qureshi, I. & Imran, M. (2021). "Triplophysa choprai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T128727303A128727324. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T128727303A128727324.en. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  2. Kottelat, M. (2012). "Conspectus_cobitidum.pdf Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei)" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement No. 26: 1–199.
  3. "Family NEMACHEILIDAE Regan 1911 (Stone or Brook Loaches)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
Taxon identifiers
Triplophysa choprai


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