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.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Minnows, Carps, and Loaches
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Triplophysa
Maximum length: 5.2 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Asia: a cave in Liujiang River, a main tributary of Xijiang River in Guangxi, China.

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