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{{Short description|Species of fish}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}
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| image = NemacheilusTriangularisDay.jpg
| image_caption= 1865 illustration
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn| author=Abraham, R.|author2= Dahanukar, N. |author3= Sidharthan, A. |name-list-style=amp |year= 2023|title= ''Mesonoemacheilus triangularis'' |page= e.T173143881A60624507 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T173143881A60624507.en| access-date = 30 July 2015}}</ref>
| taxon = Nemacheilus triangularis
| authority = ([[Francis Day|F. Day]], 1865)
| synonyms = 
''Mesonoemacheilus triangularis'' <small>F. Day, 1865</small>
}}

'''''Nemacheilus triangularis'''''<ref>{{Cof species |genus=Nemacheilus|species= triangularis}}</ref> is a species of [[Nemacheilidae|stone loach]] [[endemism|endemic]] to the [[Western Ghats]] in southern [[Karnataka]], [[Kerala]], and [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. It is a fairly common species occurring in streams with gravel, cobbles and bedrock with some sand as the substrate.<ref name=IUCN/> This fish grows to a length of {{convert|5.8|cm|in}} [[fish measurement|SL]] and can be found in the [[aquarium]] trade.<ref name=FishBase>{{FishBase |genus=Nemacheilus |species=triangularis |month=November |year=2014}}</ref>

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[[Category:Nemacheilidae]]
[[Category:Freshwater fish of India]]
[[Category:Endemic fauna of the Western Ghats]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Francis Day]]
[[Category:Fish described in 1865]]


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