A new species of Triplophysa (Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae) from Weihe River in Gansu Province, China

A new species of Triplophysa (Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae) from Weihe River in Gansu Province, China

A new species of Tibetan loach, Triplophysa weiheensis sp. nov., is described from the Weihe River in Gansu Province, China, based on morphological and molecular analyses. The new species can be distinguished from all known congeners by a unique combination of the following characters: scaleless; sn...

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Main Authors: Chen-Guang Feng, Yu Zhang, Chao Tong, Bing-Zheng Zhou, Xiao-Hui Li, Yong-Tao Tang, Wen-Zhu Song, Kai Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Science Press, PR China 2020-07-01
Series:Zoological Research
Subjects:
qinghai-tibetan plateau
taxonomy
tibetan loach
weihe river
Online Access:http://www.zoores.ac.cn/EN/10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.050

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http://www.zoores.ac.cn/EN/10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.050

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