Redescription of Triplophysa alticeps (Herzenstein, 1888), the type species of the subgenus Qinghaichthys Zhu, 1981, with notes on its taxonomic position

Journal of Ichthyology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 570-581

  Prokofiev, A M ^a  

^a SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Caudal Skeleton; Interorbital Space; Lateral Line Canal; Snout Length; Stone Loach

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650428796     PISSN: 00329452     EISSN: 15556425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0032945206080042     Document Type: Article

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