Triplophysa alticeps is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Triplophysa. These stone loaches are occasionally placed in the genus Qinghaichthys by some authorities.[1] It is endemic to Qinghaihu Lake in Qinghai Province, China.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Triplophysa |
| Subgenus: | Qinghaichthys |
| Species: | T. alticeps
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| Binomial name | |
| Triplophysa alticeps (Herzenstein, 1888)
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| Synonyms | |
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Nemachilus alticeps Herzenstein, 1888 | |
Footnotes
edit- ^ Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.
- ^ Rainer Froese; Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). "Triplophysa alticeps (Herzenstein, 1888)". Fishbase. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
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