Triplophysa stoliczkai (Steindachner, 1866)

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Triplophysa stoliczkai (Steindachner, 1866) – Native

Cobitis stolickai Steindachner [F.] 1866: 793; Type locality: Streams in Tsumureri Lake system, Rupshu Province, western Tibet, elevation 15,550 feet. Syntypes: (12) NMW 48436 (5), 48439 (1), 50477 (4).

Common name: Pr: Loch-e Pamir, Sagmahi-e Pamir, En: Tibetan stone loach.

Diagnosis: Caudal peduncle elongate and rounded without adipose fin, depth of the caudal peduncle just behind the end of the anal fin is the same as the width, Scales are absent and the lateral line complete.

Meristic characters: D: 7–8, A: 5, P: 8–12, V: 6–8, LL: complete, SC: naked, DP: absent, PA: absent, SOG: present.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: S i s t a n b a s i n (F i g. 3 8 4). We personally have never found this species in the Sistan basin.

Taxonomy: Berg (1949) placed in Nemacheilus but Menon (1987) transferred to Triplophysa .

Conservation: IUCN: Not Evaluated, PC: Data Deficient. This species is distributed in other Asian countries in addition to Iran. There is no information available about its distribution and the conservation status in other countries. Therefore, we believe more data are needed to objectively assess this species conservation status.