| Main Ref. | Yang, J.-X., X.-Y. Chen and J.-H. Lan, 2004 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | elongated |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Diagnosed easily from all other species of the genus Triplophysa by the following characters: dorsal fin with 10 branched rays; anal fin with 6-7 branched rays; body covered by tiny scales; lateral line complete; body with 6-7 broad vertical bars; 1 narrow longitudinal stripe along lateral line; caudal fin deeply forked; caudal fin base with a large black spot; both lobes of caudal fin with 2 black bars; posterior tip of pelvic fin surpasses anus; a developed axillary lobe present at pelvic-fin base; and upper lip completely interrupted at the middle (Ref. 76753). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | |
| Scale rows below lateral line | |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | |
| Barbels | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total | 38 - 38 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |