minutus, Nemachilus Li [S.-C.] in Li, Tai, Chang, Ma, Ho & Kao 1966:46 (English p. 55), Fig. 1a [Acta Zoologica Sinica v. 18 (no. 1); ref. 9042] Kalagu Water Reservoir, Pichong, northern Sinkiang, China. Holotype: ASIZB [now NZMC] 52572 [ex NK64-1693]. Paratypes: ASIZB [now NZMC] 52571, 52773-52574 out of 7464-1692, 64-1696, 64-1698; Inst. Bio-Pedology, Sinkiang, Acad. Sinica, Bur. Water Conservancy, Sinkiang Uighur Autonomous Region, Dept. Biol. Sinkiang Univ. 64-1694-5, 64-1697, 64-1693-1672. Type catalog: Zhang 1996:500 [ref. 24036], Ye et al. 2015:60 [ref. 33808] Original genus is correctly Nemacheilus. •Valid as Triplophysa minuta (Li 1966) -- (Zhu 1989:132 [ref. 17744] in subgenus Hedinichthys and as a valid subgenus, Wu & Wu 1992:259 [ref. 21205], Zhu 1995:120 [ref. 25213], Zhang et al. 2016:141 [ref. 34477]). •Valid as Hedinichthys minutus (Li 1966) -- (Kottelat 2012:82 [ref. 32367], Ye et al. 2015:60 [ref. 33808], Chen et al. 2023:10 [ref. 40668]). Current status: Valid as Hedinichthys minuta (Li 1966). Nemacheilidae. Distribution: East Asia: Sinkiang (China). Introduced in northern China. Habitat: freshwater.