Triplophysa pseudostenura He, Zhang & Song, 2012

Family:  Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Max. size:  16.4 cm SL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 28.5 g
Environment:  demersal; freshwater,
Distribution:  Asia: Yalong River, a tributary of the upper Yangtze River drainage and Xianshui River, a tributary of the Yalong River in China.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-11; Anal soft rays: 7-7. Can be diagnosed by the following characters: smooth and scalesless body; tapering and relatively narrow head, head width 47.6-54.0% HL; eye diameter 12.1-17.6% HL; thin and smooth lips; slender and laterally compressed trunk; caudal-peduncle length 20.0-23.8% SL; slender, laterally compressed (cross-section of caudal peduncle elliptic) and tapering caudal peduncle , with trunk towards the base of caudal fin; pelvic fin insertion anterior to dorsal-fin origin; dorsal-fin origin closer to caudal-fin base than to snout tip; caudal fin deeply concave; lateral line complete; posterior chamber of gas bladder reduced or absent; intestine short, in zigzag pattern posterior to bottom of ā€˜Uā€™-shaped stomach (Ref. 92369).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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