Conspectus cobitidum - Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research

10.42.12 Triplophysa bleekeri (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant,
1874)
Nemachilus Bleekeri Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874:
15 (type locality: China: southern Shen-si [Shaanxi]:
Yenkiatsoun [or Yen-kia-tsong; David, 1875: map; Baoji
Prefecture, apparently Mei County [34°17'N 107°45'E];
in Tsang-Yu torrent, Wei He system, Huang He drainage;
see below]; syntypes: MNHN 7890 [1], B.2642 [7], Bertin
& Estève, 1948: 98, fig. 2; noun in genitive, indeclinable)
Taxonomic notes. The holotype is 25.0 mm SL and the original
description does not include usable information for identification.
The name is presently applied for a Chinese species
known from the Han Jiang, Jialing Jiang and Min Jiang
in the Yangtze drainage in Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces
(He et al., 2008: 49). In fact, the type locality is in the Huang
He drainage and the identity of the species identified as
T. bleekeri should be re-examined.
There has been speculations about the location of the
type locality, which could not be identified. This information
is given by the collector in the description of his travel
(David, 1875) and on the accompanying map. Yenkiatsoun
[or Yen-kia-tsong on map] is (or is near) present Mei County
in Baoji Prefecture, Shaanxi, near Wei He river, in Huang
He drainage. David (1875: vol. 1: 267) collected "a Gobius
and another small fish" in the torrent Tsang-yu in Yenkiatsoun
on 31 January 1873. Six small "ablettes" (probably a
small cyprinid since ablette is the French word for Alburnus,
a genus of silvery European cyprinids) were caught later
(p. 268).
10.42.13 Triplophysa brachyptera (Herzenstein, 1888)
Nemachilus robustus brachypterus Herzenstein, 1888: 40,
pl. 5 fig. 1 (type locality: China: Gan-ssu [Gansu]; syntypes:
ZISP 7320 [2]; compound adjective, -us, -a, -um)
? Nemachilus minxianensis Wang & Zhu, 1979: 129, fig. 1
(type locality: China: Gansu: upper drainage of Tau-He
River, branch of Huang He; syntypes: IHB 771465 [1],
771372 [1]; adjective, -is, -is, -e)
Taxonomic notes. Tentative synonymy follows Prokofiev
(2007b: 4, 2010: 895).
10.42.14 Triplophysa brahui (Zugmayer, 1912)
Nemachilus brahui Zugmayer, 1912: 598 (type locality: Pakistan:
Balochistan: Kelat [Kalat, Qalat; 29°01'33"N
66°35'24"E; apparently in Pishin Lora River endorheic
basin]; syntypes: ZSM [24, lost; Kottelat, 1988a, pers.
obs.]; noun in genitive, indeclinable)
10.42.15 Triplophysa brevibarba Ding, 1993
Triplophysa brevibarba Ding, 1993: 249, fig. 5 (type locality:
China: Sichuan: Mianning County, 28°34'N 102°10'E;
holotype: MSINR 900264; compound noun, indeclinable)
Triplophysa dingi Prokofiev, 2010: 842, 895 (unnecessary
replacement name for Triplophysa brevibarba Ding,
1993: 249; noun in genitive, indeclinable)
Taxonomic notes. Prokofiev (2010: 895) considered that T.
brevibarba Ding, 1993 is a secondary junior homonym of
Nemachilus yarkandensis brevibarbus Herzenstein, 1888:
78 [now in Hedinichthys] and proposed T. dingi as new re-
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placement name. However, to be secondary homonyms the
two names should have been used in combination with the
same generic name (Code art. 57.3.1). This means that it is
not enough that N. y. brevibarbus has been placed in Triplophysa
as a synonym of T. yarkandensis. It is a senior synonym
only if the combination Triplophysa brevibarba
(Herzenstein) or T. yarkandensis brevibarba (Herzenstein)
has been used. To my knowledge, N. y. brevibarbus Herzenstein
has never been treated as a valid species in Triplophysa
and the combination has never been used. Therefore
T. dingi is an unnecessary replacement name.
Note that brevibarbus is an adjective and declinable and
brevibarba is a compound noun and indeclinable.
10.42.16 Triplophysa brevicauda (Herzenstein, 1888)
Nemachilus Stoliczkae brevicauda Herzenstein, 1888: 23,
pl. 5 fig. 4 (type locality: "Dabsun-Gobi" [apparently
China: Qinghai: Dabsan Nur Lake, 56°58'N 95°00'E];
lectotype: ZISP 7370, designated by Prokofiev, 2007b:
12, fig. 5a; compound noun, indeclinable)
10.42.17 Triplophysa cakaensis Cao & Zhu, 1988
Triplophysa cakaensis Cao & Zhu, 1988a: 201, figs. 1–3
(type locality: China: Qinghai: Ulanxian County: stream
in Cakayanhu Lake [36°42'00"N 99°06'00"E] endorheic
basin near Caka, "36°N 98°E"; holotype: IHB 56IX0034;
adjective, -is, -is, -e)
10.42.18 Triplophysa chondrostoma (Herzenstein, 1888)
Nemachilus chondrostoma Herzenstein, 1888: 36, pl. 3 fig. 7
(type locality: China: Qinghai: Zaidam [Quaidam basin]:
Bajan-gol River [37°18'N 96°50'E]; holotype: ZISP 7219,
Prokofiev, 2003b: 53, fig. 1; compound noun, indeclinable)
Taxonomic notes. Placed in Hedinichthys by Wu & Wu
(1992: 263).
10.42.19 Triplophysa coniptera (Turdakov, 1954)
Nemachilus conipterus Turdakov, 1954: 117 (type locality:
Kyrgyzstan: Ters River, Talas basin; syntypes [? 34]: LU;
compound adjective, -us, -a, -um)
Nemachilus conipterus salari Turdakov, 1954: 122 (type
locality: Uzbekistan: Salar canal in Tachkent [41°16'N
69° 13'E; Syr Darya drainage]; types: LU; noun in genitive,
indeclinable)
10.42.20 Triplophysa crassilabris Ding, 1994
Triplophysa crassilabris Ding, 1994: 92, fig. 56 (type locality:
China: Sichuan: Xia Man Lake, 3400 masl; holotype:
MSINR 830578; compound noun, indeclinable)
10.42.21 Triplophysa cuneicephala (Shaw & Tchang,
1931)
Barbatula cuneicephalus Shaw & Tchang, 1931: 81, fig. 10
(type locality: China: San-kai-tien, near Peiping [Beijing];
holotype: ZMFIB 6237; compound adjective, -us, -a, -um)
10.42.22 Triplophysa dalaica (Kessler, 1876)
Diplophysa dalaica Kessler, 1876: 24, pl. 3 fig. 1 (type locality:
China: Nei Mongol: Lake Dalai Nor [43°18'N