Triplophysa stenura

Triplophysa stenura is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Triplophysa.[1][2] It lives in swift-flowing streams and is known from the Upper Yangtze, Upper Mekong, Upper Salween and Upper Brahmaputra river drainages in China and Vietnam. Whether this apparently widespread species really is one species needs to be studied.[1] It grows to 13.8 cm (5.4 in) SL.[2]

Triplophysa stenura
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Triplophysa
Species:
T. stenura
Binomial name
Triplophysa stenura
(Herzenstein, 1888)
Synonyms[1]
  • Nemacheilus stenurus
  • Nemachilus lhasae
    (Regan, 1905)
  • Nemachilus stenurus

A study from the Upper Brahmaputra found Triplophysa stenura to be the most prevalent prey species for Oxygymnocypris stewartii, a large predatory cyprinid. Triplophysa stenura were present in 47% of Oxygymnocypris stewartii stomachs.[3]

References
  1. Ng, H.H. (2010). "Triplophysa stenura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T168598A6522411. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T168598A6522411.en. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Triplophysa stenura" in FishBase. November 2014 version.
  3. Huo, B.; Xie, C. X.; Madenjian, C. P.; Ma, B. S.; Yang, X. F.; Huang, H. P. (2014). "Feeding habits of an endemic fish, Oxygymnocypris stewartii, in the Yarlung Zangbo River in Tibet, China". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 97 (11): 1279–1293. doi:10.1007/s10641-013-0213-8. S2CID 15291571.


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