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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae

Genus: Triplophysa

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142 species (see list below)

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Asia

 
Triplophysa alexandrae
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 10.4 cm SL

 
Triplophysa aliensis
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 9 cm TL

 
Triplophysa alticeps
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa altipinnis
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 8.1 cm SL

 
Triplophysa aluensis
[]

Photo by MNHN

Asia
Max. Length 12.9 cm SL
Triplophysa angeli (Fang, 1941)

Photo by MNHN
 
Triplophysa angeli
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 9 cm TL

 
Triplophysa anterodorsalis
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa aquaecaeruleae
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 7 cm SL

 
Triplophysa arnoldii
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 10.7 cm SL

 
Triplophysa bashanensis
[]

Photo by Zheng, L.-P.

Asia
Max. Length 13.1 cm SL
Triplophysa bleekeri (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874)

Photo by Zheng, L.-P.
 
Triplophysa bleekeri
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 22.5 cm TL

 
Triplophysa bombifrons
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 13.7 cm SL

 
Triplophysa brachyptera
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa brahui
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa brevibarba
[]

Photo by Zheng, L.-P.

Asia
Max. Length 8.3 cm SL
Triplophysa brevicauda (Herzenstein, 1888)

Photo by Zheng, L.-P.
 
Triplophysa brevicauda
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 6.8 cm SL

 
Triplophysa cakaensis
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa chandagaitensis
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 7.7 cm SL

 
Triplophysa chondrostoma
[]
No picture found
Asia.
Max. Length 14 cm TL

 
Triplophysa choprai
[]
No picture found
Europe and Former USSR

 
Triplophysa coniptera
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 10.4 cm SL

 
Triplophysa crassicauda
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa crassilabris
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa cuneicephala
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa dalaica
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 14.5 cm TL

 
Triplophysa daqiaoensis
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 10.6 cm SL

 
Triplophysa dongganensis
[]
No picture found
Former USSR (Ref. 1441).
Max. Length 13 cm TL

 
Triplophysa dorsalis
[Gray loach]
No picture found
Asia.

 
Triplophysa edsinica
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa eugeniae
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa farwelli
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 7.8 cm SL

 
Triplophysa fengshanensis
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 10.4 cm SL

 
Triplophysa flavicorpus
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa furva
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 8.4 cm SL

 
Triplophysa fuxianensis
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 5.2 cm SL

 
Triplophysa gejiuensis
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa gerzeensis
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 11 cm SL

 
Triplophysa gracilis
[]

Photo by CAFS

Asia
Max. Length 9.1 cm SL
Triplophysa grahami (Regan, 1906)

Photo by CAFS
 
Triplophysa grahami
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 8.3 cm TL

 
Triplophysa griffithii
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa gundriseri
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa hazaraensis
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 9.5 cm SL

 
Triplophysa herzensteini
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa hexiensis
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa heyangensis
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa hialmari
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 7.4 cm SL

 
Triplophysa hsutschouensis
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 12.4 cm SL

 
Triplophysa huanjiangensis
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 6.3 cm SL

 
Triplophysa huapingensis
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa hutjertjuensis
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa incipiens
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa intermedia
[]

Photo by Zheng, L.-P.

Asia
Max. Length 4.5 cm SL
Triplophysa jianchuanensis Zheng, Du, Chen & Yang, 2010

Photo by Zheng, L.-P.
 
Triplophysa jianchuanensis
[Jianchuan stone loach]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 6.4 cm TL

 
Triplophysa jiarongensis
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa kafirnigani
[]

Photo by Sharma et al.

Asia
Max. Length 10.6 cm SL
Triplophysa kashmirensis (Hora, 1922)

Photo by Sharma et al.
 
Triplophysa kashmirensis
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 12.7 cm SL

 
Triplophysa kaznakowi
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa kullmanni
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa kungessana
[]

Photo by CAFS

Former USSR
Max. Length 23 cm TL
Triplophysa labiata (Kessler, 1874)

Photo by CAFS
 
Triplophysa labiata
[Plain thicklip loach]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa lacusnigri
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 5.6 cm SL

 
Triplophysa lacustris
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 10.5 cm SL

 
Triplophysa ladacensis
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 7.5 cm SL

 
Triplophysa langpingensis
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa laterimaculata
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 5.3 cm TL

 
Triplophysa laticeps
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 14.4 cm SL

 
Triplophysa leptosoma
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 6.2 cm SL

 
Triplophysa lihuensis
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 15.0 cm SL

 
Triplophysa lixianensis
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 18.5 cm SL

 
Triplophysa longianguis
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 5.5 cm SL

 
Triplophysa longibarbata
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 5.2 cm SL

 
Triplophysa longipectoralis
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 10.1 cm SL

 
Triplophysa longliensis
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 7.7 cm SL

 
Triplophysa macrocephala
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 8.4 cm SL

 
Triplophysa macromaculata
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa macrophthalma
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 11.9 cm SL

 
Triplophysa markehenensis
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 8 cm SL

 
Triplophysa marmorata
[]

Photo by CAFS

Asia
Max. Length 6.6 cm SL
Triplophysa microphthalma (Kessler, 1879)

Photo by CAFS
 
Triplophysa microphthalma
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa microphysa
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 6.8 cm TL

 
Triplophysa microps
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 6.6 cm SL

 
Triplophysa minuta
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa moquensis
[]

Photo by CAFS

Asia
Max. Length 7.2 cm SL
Triplophysa nandanensis Lan, Yang & Chen, 1995

Photo by CAFS
 
Triplophysa nandanensis
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 9.4 cm SL

 
Triplophysa nanpanjiangensis
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa nasalis
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 4.1 cm SL

 
Triplophysa nasobarbatula
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa naziri
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 7 cm SL

 
Triplophysa ninglangensis
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 7.3 cm SL

 
Triplophysa nujiangensa
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 14.4 cm SL

 
Triplophysa obscura
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa obtusirostra
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 14.2 cm TL

 
Triplophysa orientalis
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa papillosolabiata
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 18 cm TL

 
Triplophysa pappenheimi
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa paradoxa
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 3.2 cm SL

 
Triplophysa parvus
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa pedaschenkoi
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa polyfasciata
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 13.9 cm SL

 
Triplophysa pseudoscleroptera
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 14.2 cm SL

 
Triplophysa pseudostenura
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 11.9 cm SL

 
Triplophysa qilianensis
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 9.2 cm SL

 
Triplophysa qiubeiensis
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 15.8 cm SL

 
Triplophysa robusta
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 5.6 cm SL

 
Triplophysa rosa
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa rossoperegrinatorum
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 7.6 cm SL

 
Triplophysa rotundiventris
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 9.1 cm SL

 
Triplophysa scapanognatha
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 22.3 cm TL

 
Triplophysa scleroptera
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa sellaefer
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 4.1 cm SL

 
Triplophysa sewerzowi
[Severtsov's loach]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa shaanxiensis
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 13.6 cm SL

 
Triplophysa shehensis
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 6.0 cm SL

 
Triplophysa shilinensis
[]

Photo by CAFS

Asia
Max. Length 50 cm SL
Triplophysa siluroides (Herzenstein, 1888)

Photo by CAFS
 
Triplophysa siluroides
[]

Photo by Fan, L.Q.

Asia
Max. Length 13.8 cm SL
Triplophysa stenura (Herzenstein, 1888)

Photo by Fan, L.Q.
 
Triplophysa stenura
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 20.8 cm SL

 
Triplophysa stewarti
[]

Photo by CAFS

Asia
Max. Length 15 cm TL
Triplophysa stoliczkai (Steindachner, 1866)

Photo by CAFS
 
Triplophysa stoliczkai
[Tibetan stone loach]
No picture found
Former USSR
Max. Length 25 cm TL

 
Triplophysa strauchii
[Spotted thicklip loach]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa tanggulaensis
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 6 cm TL

 
Triplophysa tenuicauda
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 12 cm TL

 
Triplophysa tenuis
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 6.1 cm SL

 
Triplophysa tianeensis
[]

Photo by Fan, L.Q.

Asia
Max. Length 13.3 cm SL
Triplophysa tibetana (Regan, 1905)

Photo by Fan, L.Q.
 
Triplophysa tibetana
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa trewavasae
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 7.7 cm SL

 
Triplophysa turpanensis
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 16 cm TL

 
Triplophysa ulacholica
[Issyk-kul naked loach]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa venusta
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 14.0 cm

 
Triplophysa waisihani
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 6.1 cm SL

 
Triplophysa wuweiensis
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 10.9 cm

 
Triplophysa xiangshuingensis
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 10.0 cm SL

 
Triplophysa xiangxiensis
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa xichangensis
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa xingshanensis
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa xiqiensis
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa yaopeizhii
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 8.3 cm SL

 
Triplophysa yasinensis
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 6.3 cm SL

 
Triplophysa yunnanensis
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa zaidamensis
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 15.3 cm SL

 
Triplophysa zamegacephala
[]
No picture found
Asia
Max. Length 8 cm SL

 
Triplophysa zhaoi
[]
No picture found
Asia

 
Triplophysa zhenfengensis
[]
142 Species of Family Nemacheilidae with Genus Triplophysa
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
2001 Triplophysa alexandrae Asia
1979 Triplophysa aliensis Asia 10.4 SL
1888 Triplophysa alticeps Asia 9 TL
2003 Triplophysa altipinnis Asia
2000 Triplophysa aluensis Asia 8.1 SL
1941 Triplophysa angeli Asia 12.9 SL
1989 Triplophysa anterodorsalis Asia 9 TL
2001 Triplophysa aquaecaeruleae Asia
2006 Triplophysa arnoldii Asia 7 SL
2009 Triplophysa bashanensis Asia 10.7 SL
1874 Triplophysa bleekeri Asia 13.1 SL
1888 Triplophysa bombifrons Asia 22.5 TL
1888 Triplophysa brachyptera Asia 13.7 SL
1912 Triplophysa brahui Asia
1993 Triplophysa brevibarba Asia
1888 Triplophysa brevicauda Asia 8.3 SL
1988 Triplophysa cakaensis Asia 6.8 SL
2002 Triplophysa chandagaitensis Asia
1888 Triplophysa chondrostoma Asia 7.7 SL
1934 Triplophysa choprai Asia. 14 TL
1954 Triplophysa coniptera Europe and Former USSR
1888 Triplophysa crassicauda Asia 10.4 SL
1994 Triplophysa crassilabris Asia
1931 Triplophysa cuneicephala Asia
1876 Triplophysa dalaica Asia
1993 Triplophysa daqiaoensis Asia 14.5 TL
2013 Triplophysa dongganensis Asia 10.6 SL
1872 Triplophysa dorsalis Gray loach Former USSR (Ref. 1441). 13 TL
2003 Triplophysa edsinica Asia.
2002 Triplophysa eugeniae Asia
1935 Triplophysa farwelli Asia
2013 Triplophysa fengshanensis Asia 7.8 SL
2004 Triplophysa flavicorpus Asia 10.4 SL
1992 Triplophysa furva Asia
1990 Triplophysa fuxianensis Asia 8.4 SL
1979 Triplophysa gejiuensis Asia 5.2 SL
1988 Triplophysa gerzeensis Asia
1877 Triplophysa gracilis Asia 11 SL
1906 Triplophysa grahami Asia 9.1 SL
1868 Triplophysa griffithii Asia 8.3 TL
2002 Triplophysa gundriseri Asia
1975 Triplophysa hazaraensis Asia
1909 Triplophysa herzensteini Asia 9.5 SL
1988 Triplophysa hexiensis Asia
1992 Triplophysa heyangensis Asia
2001 Triplophysa hialmari Asia
1933 Triplophysa hsutschouensis Asia 7.4 SL
2011 Triplophysa huanjiangensis Asia 12.4 SL
2012 Triplophysa huapingensis Asia 6.3 SL
1933 Triplophysa hutjertjuensis Asia
1888 Triplophysa incipiens Asia
1876 Triplophysa intermedia Asia
2010 Triplophysa jianchuanensis Jianchuan stone loach Asia 4.5 SL
2012 Triplophysa jiarongensis Asia 6.4 TL
1948 Triplophysa kafirnigani Asia
1922 Triplophysa kashmirensis Asia 10.6 SL
2004 Triplophysa kaznakowi Asia 12.7 SL
1975 Triplophysa kullmanni Asia
1879 Triplophysa kungessana Asia
1874 Triplophysa labiata Plain thicklip loach Former USSR 23 TL
1928 Triplophysa lacusnigri Asia
1990 Triplophysa lacustris Asia 5.6 SL
1868 Triplophysa ladacensis Asia 10.5 SL
2013 Triplophysa langpingensis Asia 7.5 SL
2007 Triplophysa laterimaculata Asia
1997 Triplophysa laticeps Asia 5.3 TL
1888 Triplophysa leptosoma Asia 14.4 SL
2012 Triplophysa lihuensis Asia 6.2 SL
2008 Triplophysa lixianensis Asia 15.0 SL
1984 Triplophysa longianguis Asia 18.5 SL
1998 Triplophysa longibarbata Asia 5.5 SL
2009 Triplophysa longipectoralis Asia 5.2 SL
2012 Triplophysa longliensis Asia 10.1 SL
2012 Triplophysa macrocephala Asia 7.7 SL
1990 Triplophysa macromaculata Asia 8.4 SL
1985 Triplophysa macrophthalma Asia
1981 Triplophysa markehenensis Asia 11.9 SL
1838 Triplophysa marmorata Asia 8 SL
1879 Triplophysa microphthalma Asia 6.6 SL
1935 Triplophysa microphysa Asia
1866 Triplophysa microps Asia 6.8 TL
1966 Triplophysa minuta Asia 6.6 SL
1994 Triplophysa moquensis Asia
1995 Triplophysa nandanensis Asia 7.2 SL
1988 Triplophysa nanpanjiangensis Asia 9.4 SL
1876 Triplophysa nasalis Asia
2001 Triplophysa nasobarbatula Asia 4.1 SL
1963 Triplophysa naziri Asia
1988 Triplophysa ninglangensis Asia 7 SL
2004 Triplophysa nujiangensa Asia 7.3 SL
1987 Triplophysa obscura Asia 14.4 SL
1988 Triplophysa obtusirostra Asia
1888 Triplophysa orientalis Asia 14.2 TL
1879 Triplophysa papillosolabiata Asia
1935 Triplophysa pappenheimi Asia 18 TL
1955 Triplophysa paradoxa Asia
2009 Triplophysa parvus Asia 3.2 SL
1931 Triplophysa pedaschenkoi Asia
1996 Triplophysa polyfasciata Asia
1981 Triplophysa pseudoscleroptera Asia 13.9 SL
2012 Triplophysa pseudostenura Asia 14.2 SL
2015 Triplophysa qilianensis Asia 11.9 SL
2008 Triplophysa qiubeiensis Asia 9.2 SL
1876 Triplophysa robusta Asia 15.8 SL
2005 Triplophysa rosa Asia 5.6 SL
2001 Triplophysa rossoperegrinatorum Asia
1979 Triplophysa rotundiventris Asia 7.6 SL
2007 Triplophysa scapanognatha Asia 9.1 SL
1888 Triplophysa scleroptera Asia 22.3 TL
1925 Triplophysa sellaefer Asia
1938 Triplophysa sewerzowi Severtsov's loach Asia 4.1 SL
1987 Triplophysa shaanxiensis Asia
1987 Triplophysa shehensis Asia 13.6 SL
1992 Triplophysa shilinensis Asia 6.0 SL
1888 Triplophysa siluroides Asia 50 SL
1888 Triplophysa stenura Asia 13.8 SL
1922 Triplophysa stewarti Asia 20.8 SL
1866 Triplophysa stoliczkai Tibetan stone loach Asia 15 TL
1874 Triplophysa strauchii Spotted thicklip loach Former USSR 25 TL
1982 Triplophysa tanggulaensis Asia
1866 Triplophysa tenuicauda Asia 6 TL
1877 Triplophysa tenuis Asia 12 TL
2004 Triplophysa tianeensis Asia 6.1 SL
1905 Triplophysa tibetana Asia 13.3 SL
1990 Triplophysa trewavasae Asia
1992 Triplophysa turpanensis Asia 7.7 SL
1905 Triplophysa ulacholica Issyk-kul naked loach Asia 16 TL
1988 Triplophysa venusta Asia
2008 Triplophysa waisihani Asia 14.0
1974 Triplophysa wuweiensis Asia 6.1 SL
2004 Triplophysa xiangshuingensis Asia 10.9
1986 Triplophysa xiangxiensis Asia 10.0 SL
1989 Triplophysa xichangensis Asia
1983 Triplophysa xingshanensis Asia
1996 Triplophysa xiqiensis Asia
1995 Triplophysa yaopeizhii Asia
1898 Triplophysa yasinensis Asia 8.3 SL
1990 Triplophysa yunnanensis Asia 6.3 SL
1876 Triplophysa zaidamensis Asia
1985 Triplophysa zamegacephala Asia 15.3 SL
2006 Triplophysa zhaoi Asia 8 SL
2001 Triplophysa zhenfengensis Asia



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