kafirnigani, Nemachilus dorsalis Turdakov [F. A.] 1948:58 [Trudy Kirgizskogo Pedagogicheskogo Instituta v. 1 (no. 1) for 1946; ref. 21173] Kafirnigan River, tributary Of Amu-Daya River, near Stalinabad [Dyushanbe], Tadzhikistan. Syntypes: ZMMU P-3647 (1), P-3651 (3). Type catalog: Vasil'eva et al. 2001:27-28 [ref. 25714]. Original genus is correctly Nemacheilus. •Valid as Triplophysa kafirnigani (Turdakov 1948) -- (Prokofiev 2006:256 [ref. 29061], Prokofiev 2010:908 [ref. 31096], Kottelat 2012:127 [ref. 32367], Sheraliev 2022:14 [ref. 40636]). Current status: Valid as Triplophysa kafirnigani (Turdakov 1948). Nemacheilidae. Distribution: Central Asia: tributaries of the Syr-Darya River (Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan). Habitat: freshwater.