elegans, Cobitis Kessler [K. F.] 1874:43 [Izvestiia Imperatorskago Obschchestva Liubitelei Estestvozaniia, Antropologii i Etnografii v. 11; ref. 2596] Salar River near Taschkent [Tashkent], Uzbekistan. Syntypes: ZMMU P-2542 (1), P-8002 (3); ZIN 10931 (1, not found in 1996). Type catalog: Svetovidova 1978:259 [ref. 9011], Vasil'eva et al. 2001:28[ref. 25714] as stoliczkai. •Questionably a synonym of Nemacheilus stoliczkai (Steindachner 1866) -- (Berg 1949:862 [ref. 20661] as Nemachilus). •Synonym of Noemacheilus stoliczkai (Steindachner 1866), but a valid subspecies elegans Kessler 1874 -- (Mitrofanov & Dukravec 1989:21 [ref. 37748]). •Synonym of Triplophysa stoliczkai (Steindachner 1866), but a valid subspecies elegans -- (Prokofiev 2006:257 [ref. 29061], Prokofiev 2007:13? [Engl. p. 9] [ref. 28990]). •Synonym of Triplophysa stolickai (Steindachner 1866) -- (Prokofiev 2007:8 [ref. 28990] as stoliczkae). •Questionably valid as Triplophysa elegans (Kessler 1874) -- (Kottelat 2012:125 [ref. 32367]). •Valid as Triplophysa elegans (Kessler 1874) -- (Sheraliev & Peng 2021:9 [ref. 38329], Sheraliev & Kayumova 2022:36 [ref. 39437], Sheraliev et al. 2022:62 [ref. 39759]). Current status: Valid as Triplophysa elegans (Kessler 1874). Nemacheilidae. Distribution: Central Asia: Chirchik River basin, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. Habitat: freshwater.