Triplophysa_alexandrae

<i>Triplophysa alexandrae</i>

Triplophysa alexandrae

Species of fish

Triplophysa alexandrae is a species of stone loach in the genus Triplophysa endemic to Sichuan, China.[1][2]

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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

  1. [1]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Triplophysa alexandrae" in FishBase. November 2014 version.
  2. [2]
    Eschmeyer, W. N. (3 February 2015). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  3. [3]
    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.


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