xiangxiensis, Noemacheilus Yang [G.-Y.], Yuan [F.-X.] & Liao [Y.-M.] 1986:219, Fig. 1 [Journal of Huazhong Agricultural University v. 5 (no. 3); ref. 20985] Feihu Dong (= cave), about 27°27'N, 109°26'E, Huoyan Township, northwestern Longshan County, Xiangxi, Hunan Province, China, subterranean water, Yuan River system, 20 meters underground. Holotype: Huazhong Agric. Univ. Fish. Dept. "XIANG" 8401. Paratypes: Huazhong Agric. Univ. Fish. Dept. "XIANG" 8601-02 (2); KIZ 863001 (1). Type catalog: Du et al. 2013:352 [ref. 32939] as Yang, Yang & Lian. Genus is correctly Nemacheilus. •Valid as Nemacheilus xiangxiensis Yang, Yuan & Liao 1986 -- (Tang et al. 2001:14 [ref. 25373] as Noemacheilus). •Valid as Schistura xiangxiensis (Yang, Yuan & Liao 1986) -- (Zhu 1989:58 [ref. 17744]). •Valid as Triplophysa xiangxiensis (Yang, Yuan & Liao 1986) -- (Chen et al. 1992:19 [ref. 20028], Zhou & Cui 1993:87 [ref. 20830], Zhu 1995:120 [ref. 25213], Chen & Yang 2005:607 [ref. 28119], Proudlove 2006:91 [ref. 28992], Li et al. 2008:676 [ref. 29925], Romero et al. 2009 [ref. 30522], Zhao et al. 2011:1553 [ref. 31493], Yang et al. 2011:569 [ref. 31447], Yang et al. 2012:170 [ref. 31483], Lin et al. 2012:646 [ref. 32193], Wu et al. 2012:879 [ref. 32311], Kottelat 2012:133 [ref. 32367], Ma & Zhao 2012:111 [ref. 34891], Yang in Lan et al. 2013:256 [ref. 32910], Zhang et al. 2016:145 [ref. 34477], Li et al. 2016:[4] [ref. 35021], Liu et al. 2017:844 [ref. 35125], Li et al. 2017:8 [ref. 35551], Huang et al. 2019:334 [ref. 36689], Chen et al. 2021:190 [ref. 38191], Du et al. 2021:4 [ref. 38600], Liu et al. 2022:11 [ref. 39962]). Current status: Valid as Triplophysa xiangxiensis (Yang, Yuan & Liao 1986). Nemacheilidae. Distribution: East Asia: middle Changjiang and Yuanjiang River drainages, Yangtze River basin, western Hunan, China. Habitat: freshwater.