Nemacheilidae

Triplophysa longipectoralis

Triplophysa longipectoralis

Vestigial eyes in dark caves

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• East Asia
• Elongated
• Small
• Tropical fish

Triplophysa longipectoralis is a cave-living species of stone loach with vestigial eyes. The fish lives in clear water at temperatures below 20 °C. The holotype was caught in Xunle town, Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County in the Liu River basin, Guangxi, China and was described by Zheng et al. in 2009.