title: Triplophysa alexandrae
text: # Triplophysa alexandrae
  
  Triplophysa alexandrae is a species of stone loach in the genus Triplophysa endemic to Sichuan, China.
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The fish is named in honor of Alexandra Viktorovna Potanina (1843-1893), the wife and traveling companion of Grigory Nikolayaevich Potanin (1835-1920), a Russian explorer of Central Asia.
  
  