Conspectus cobitidum - Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research

Kessler, 1874: 59, by original designation). Gender feminine.
Taxonomic notes. See Prokofiev (2004a) for revision.
Species incertae sedis
10.16.1 Labiatophysa nasalis (Kessler, 1876)
Diplophysa nasalis Kessler, 1876: 27, pl. 3 fig. 2 (type locality:
China: Nei Mongol: Lake Dalai-Nor [Dalai Nur;
43°18'N 116°40'E]; holotype: ZISP 2475, Prokofiev,
2004a: 203; noun in apposition, indeclinable)
Taxonomic notes. Known only from holotype, which may
belong to Labiatophysa or Barbatula (Prokofiev, 2004a:
204). The type locality is 'Lake Dalai-Nor'. There are several
lakes by this name in China and Mongolia [alternative
spellings: Dalaï-Nur, Dalai-Nuur, etc.]. The holotype was
collected by Przewal'skii in 1874 and his travel map
(Przewal'skii, 1876) shows only one Dalai-nor, at 43°18'N
116°40'E (not Hu-Lun Lake, which is another Dalai Nur;
contra Eschmeyer & Fricke, 2010).
10.16.2 Labiatophysa herzensteini (Berg, 1909)
Diplophysa labiata herzensteini Berg, 1909: 10 (type locality:
Kazakhstan: Almaty Province: Tscharyn River
[Charyn], tributary of Ili River, Balkash basin, area of
Semiretschenks; lectotype: ZISP 14530, designated by
Prokofiev, 2004a: 191, fig. 26; noun in genitive, indeclinable)
10.16.3 Labiatophysa kaznakowi (Prokofiev, 2004)
Triplophysa kaznakowi Prokofiev, 2004a: 195, fig. 54 (type
locality: China: Xinjiang-Uighur: Tuguryuk River Valley
(= Nom Gol River flowing from extreme eastern escarpes
of Tien-Shan Mountains and disappearing in the
sands of Nomin-Gobi desert, ca. 42°N, ca. 96°E); holotype:
ZISP 12485; noun in genitive, indeclinable)
10.16.4 Labiatophysa labiata (Kessler, 1874)
Diplophysa labiata Kessler, 1874: 59, pl. 8 fig. 41 (type locality:
Kyrgyzstan: Urdjar River, tributary of Lake Ala-kul
[42°19'03"N 78°32'08"E; in Issyk Kul endorheic basin];
syntypes: ZISP 2321 [4]; adjective, -us, -a, -um)
Nemachilus labiatus conjungens Herzenstein, 1888: 84, pl. 4
fig. 5 (type locality: Kazakhstan and China: Chorgos River
[Khorgas; a tributary of Ili River, confluence at
43°49'25"N 80°31'22"E, making the border between
Kazakhstan and China]; syntypes: ZISP 7843 [1], 7850
[2], Eschmeyer & Fricke, 2010; participle, indeclinable)
Taxonomic notes. Synonymy follows Prokofiev (2004a).
10.16.5 Labiatophysa microphthalma (Kessler, 1879)
Diplophysa microphthalma Kessler, 1879: 308 (type locality:
China: Xinjiang: "the stream on which Chami town
[Hami or Kumul; 42°48'00"N 93°27'00"E ] is located [...]
southern slope of Altai Range"; lectotype: ZISP 4208,
designated by Prokofiev, 2004a: 194, fig. 33; reprinted
as Kessler, 1880: 269; compound adjective, -us, -a, -um)
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10.17 Lefua Herzenstein, 1888
Octonema Herzenstein, in Warpachowski & Herzenstein,
1887: 47 (type species: Octonema pleskei Warpachowski
& Herzenstein, 1887: 48, by subsequent designation
by Berg, 1907a: 437; junior homonym of Octonema
Martens, 1869: 608 in Pisces and Octonema Haeckel,
1879: 126 in Coelenterata). Gender neuter.
Lefua Herzenstein, 1888: 3 (replacement name for Octonema
Herzenstein, in Warpachowski & Herzenstein, 1887:
47). Gender feminine.
Elxis Jordan & Fowler, 1903: 768 (type species: Elxis nikkonis
Jordan & Fowler, 1903: 768, by original designation).
Gender feminine [a classical Greek word].
Nomenclatural notes. The type species of Octonema is listed
as O. pleskei by monotypy by Eschmeyer & Fricke (2010).
Warpachowski & Herzenstein (1887: 47) listed two included
species, O. pleskei and O. costatum; Berg (1907a: 437)
designated O. pleskei as type species.
10.17.1 Lefua costata (Kessler, 1876)
Diplophysa costata Kessler, 1876: 29, pl. 3 fig. 3 [not 4]
(type locality: "Mongolia: Lake Dalai-Nor at 43°N"
[Berg, 1949: 887; China: Nei Mongol: Dalai Nur;
43°18'N 116°40'E; not Hu-Lun Lake, which is another
Dalai Nur]; holotype: ZISP 2477, Naseka & Bogutskaya,
2004: 285, pl. 2 fig. 6; adjective, -us, -a, -um)
Nemacheilus dixoni Fowler, 1899: 181 (type locality: China:
Pechili: Tan Lan Ho, tributary of Shu Lan Ho, about
30 miles northeast of Lama-Miau or Dolon-Nor [Doloon-
Nuur, 42°11'22"N 116°28'24"E] [now in Nei Mongol:
Duolun County; Pechili [Zhili], name of a former province];
holotype: ANSP 16393; noun in genitive, indeclinable)
Elxis coreanus Jordan & Starks, 1905: 201, fig. 7 (type locality:
Korea: Gensan; holotype: USNM 45243; adjective,
-us, -a, -um)
Lefua andrewsi Fowler, 1922: 1 (type locality: China: Shing
Lung Shan, Eastern Tombs [now Hebei: Zunhua, 40°11'N
117°58'E]; holotype: AMNH 7974; noun in genitive, indeclinable)
10.17.2 Lefua echigonia Jordan & Richardson, 1907
Lefua echigonia Jordan & Richardson, 1907: 263, fig. 1 (type
locality: Japan: Echigo: Nagaoka; holotype: USNM
45243 [in original publication; CAS-SU 20164 according
to Böhlke, 1953: 39]; adjective, -us, -a, -um)
10.17.3 Lefua hoffmanni Herre, 1932
Lefua hoffmanni Herre, 1932: 429 (type locality: China:
Kwangtung [Guangdong]; holotype: CAS-SU 25727,
Böhlke, 1953: 40, Prokofiev, 2005: 431, 437; noun in
genitive, indeclinable)
Taxonomic notes. Prokofiev (2005: 437) commented that
this species is neither an Oreonectes nor a Lefua but could
not decide its generic position.
10.17.4 Lefua nikkonis (Jordan & Fowler, 1903)
Elxis nikkonis Jordan & Fowler, 1903: 768, fig. 1 (type locality:
Japan: Hokkaido: Chitose, in Iburi; holotype: CAS-
SU 7848; adjective, -is, -is, -e)