Triplophysa siluroides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Triplophysa
Species:
T. siluroides
Binomial name
Triplophysa siluroides
(Herzenstein, 1888)

Triplophysa siluroides is a large species of stone loach, which is endemic to the upper parts of the Yellow River basin in the Chinese provinces of Qinghai, Gansu and Sichuan.[1][2]

T. siluroides reaches up to 50 cm (1.6 ft) in standard length and 1.5 kg (3.3 lb) in weight,[3] making it the largest species in its family.[4] It is a benthic predator that feeds on small fish and invertebrates.[5]


Description

The species is known to have a large head depressed with 3 barbel pairs and a caudal fin emarginate. The upper body is slightly longer, as for the color the body is of yellowish brown color with brown circles accompanies by cloudy patterns on the sides.[6]

The fish mostly inhabits high elevation levels above the seas levels. Though it is a carnivorous fish it is deemed harmless to humans.[7]

An important food fish,[8] it has seriously declined and is now considered vulnerable according to China's Red List.[1][2] The species has been bred and raised in captivity.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 Wang, S.; and Xie, Y. (2004). China Species Red List. Red List. Higher Education Press, Beijing.
  2. 1 2 He, C.; Zhang, X.; Hou, F.; Zhang, X.; and Song, S. (2008). Threatened fishes of the world: Triplophysa siluroides (Herzenstein 1888) (Balitoridae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 83(3): 305.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Triplophysa siluroides" in FishBase. April 2014 version.
  4. ↑ Chen, I.S.; G.D. Liu; and A.M. Prokofiev (2016). The complete mitochondrial genome of giant stone loach Triplophysa siluroides (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae). Mitochondrial DNA Part A 27(2): 998-1000. doi:10.3109/19401736.2014.926523
  5. ↑ Qi, D. (2016). Fish of the Upper Yellow River. Pp. 233–252 in: G.J. Brierley et al. (eds.), Landscape and Ecosystem Diversity, Dynamics and Management in the Yellow River Source Zone. Springer Geography. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-30475-5_11
  6. ↑ "Triplophysa siluroides summary page". FishBase. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  7. ↑ "Triplophysa siluroides — Loaches Online". www.loaches.com. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  8. ↑ Walker, K.F.; and H.Z. Yang (1999). Fish and Fisheries if China. Food and Agriculture Organization. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  9. ↑ Hua, L. (2013–2014). Comparison of Nutrient Components in Muscles of Wild and Artificial Cultured Triplophysa siluroides. Journal of Fisheries of China.


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