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Triplophysa crassicauda (Herzenstein, 1888) |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches) | |||
| Max. size: | 10.4 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | demersal; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | Asia: Known only from the type locality from Bajan Gol River in Quaidam, Qinghai Province, China. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-11; Anal soft rays: 8-8; Vertebrae: 44-44. Distinguished from its very similar species, Triplophya leptosoma, by having the following characters: very wide trunk (the maximum thickness significantly exceeds the maximum depth); comparatively deeper body, caudal peduncle and dorsal fin; more posterior position of the beginning of the dorsal fin; larger ventroanal distance (16.4% SL); anus, settles out of the beginning of the anal fin to more than the orbit diameter (Ref. 57946). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||