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'''''Triplophysa marmorata''''', the '''Kashmir triplophysa-loach''',<ref name=IUCN/> is a [[species]] of [[ray-finned fish]] found in [[Asia]].<ref name=Bashir2016>Bashir, A., Bisht, B.S., Mir, J.I., Kumar, R. & Patiyal, R.S. (2016): Morphological, molecular characterization and taxonomic status of ''Triplophysa marmorata'' and ''Triplophysa kashmirensis'' (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae) from Kashmir valley, India. ''[[Revista de Biología Tropical]]'', 64 (2): 473-482.''</ref> It's a scaleless inland fish that is endemic of wetlands like the [[Wular Lake]] in [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]]. Like similar species ''T. kashmirensis'', it presents a slender caudal peduncle, but it's shorter in the case of ''T. marmorata''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bashir|first=Amir|year=2016|title=Morphological, molecular characterization and taxonomic status of Triplophysa marmorata and Triplophysa kashmirensis (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae) from Kashmir valley, India.|url=http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?pid=S0034-77442016000200473&script=sci_arttext|journal=[[Revista de Biología Tropical]]|volume=64|issue=2|pages=473–482}}</ref> Its specimens can also be differentiated because of their shorter lateral line length.<ref name="Bashir2016" /> Their diet is composed of detritus, plants (including algae) that coat rocks and stones, and the associated invertebrate fauna.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Qureshi|first=Neha W.|title=Exploring the fisheries of Wular Lake, Kashmir, India.|url=http://enaca.org/publications/magazine/2014/aquaculture-asia-magazine-april-june-2014.pdf#page=18|journal=Aquaculture Asia|language=en|volume=19|issue=2|page=18}}</ref> They reach maturity after two years.
 
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