Triplophysa alexandrae
| Triplophysa alexandrae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Triplophysa |
| Species: | T. alexandrae
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| Binomial name | |
| Triplophysa alexandrae Prokofiev, 2001
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Triplophysa alexandrae is a species of stone loach in the genus Triplophysa endemic to Sichuan, China.[1][2]
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.[3]
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Triplophysa alexandrae". FishBase. November 2014 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, W. N. (3 February 2015). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
- ^ 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.