| Citation | Prokofiev, A.M., 2006, Two new species of the loach genus Triplophysa Rendahl 1933 from the Western Mongolia and Northwestern China, with key of the species from the interior drainages of Tien-Shan, Karakurum and Altai Mountains.. Senckenbergiana biologica 86(2):235-259. |
| Ref. | Prokofiev, A.M., 2006 |
| Page | 244;fig.40-65 |
| Named Used as Valid | Triplophysa zhaoi |
| Comment | |
| Locality | Swampy creeks of Lukchun oasis, Turfan Depression, Xinjiang-Uighur Autonomous Region, China. |
| Distribution | Apparently endemic to the oases of the Turfan Depression (Xinjiang, NW China). |
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