title: Qinghaichthys
text: # Qinghaichthys
  
  Qinghaichthys is a subgenus the genus Triplophysa, stone loaches native to China. Some authorities recognise this as a valid genus but this is not recognised by Fishbase.
  
  ## Species
  
  There are currently four recognized species in this genus, if it is accepted as valid:
  
  * Triplophysa (Qinghaichthys) alticeps (Herzenstein, 1888)
  * Triplophysa (Qinghaichthys) rotundiventris (Y. F. Wu & Yuan Chen, 1979)
  * Triplophysa (Qinghaichthys) zaidamensis (Kessler, 1874)
  * Triplophysa (Qinghaichthys) zamegacephalus (T. Q. Zhao, 1985)
  