yaopeizhii, Triplophysa Xu [T.-Q.], Zhang [C.-G.] & Cai [B.] in Zhang, Cai & Xu 1995:57, Fig. 11 [Fishes and Fish Res. Xizang, China; ref. 22734] Jinsha Jiang River system, Gonguue County 30.9°N, 98.2°E, Xizang [Tibet], China. Holotype: ASIZB [now NZMC] 64753 [ex 92801262]. Paratypes: ASIZB [now NZMC] out of 928-0696 (1), -0728 (1), -0877 (1), -1258 (1), -1316 (1); Inst. Zool. Shaanxi Prov. [1 spec. ea.] 928-0694, -0885, -0856, -0734, -0715, -0876, -0733, -0744, -0757, -0853, -0722, -0831, -1373, -1434, -1430, -1444, -1427, -1465, -1315, -0949, -1317. Type catalog: Ye et al. 2015:70 [ref. 33808]. Also appeared as new in Xu & Zhang 1996:377, Figs. 1-2 [ref. 24073] as Triplophysa (Triplophysa) yaopeizhii with types as listed below. See Kottelat 2012:133 [ref. 32367] for localities; types are apparently syntypes. •Valid as Triplophysa yaopeizhii Xu, Zhang & Cai 1995 -- (Prokofiev 2007:7 [ref. 28990], Prokofiev 2010:895 [ref. 31096], Kottelat 2012:133 [ref. 32367], Ye et al. 2015:70 [ref. 33808], Zhang et al. 2016:145 [ref. 34477], Wu et al. 2016:295 [ref. 34665], Zhang et al. 2019:398 [ref. 36699] with authorship Xu & Zhang 1996). •Synonym of Triplophysa xichangensis Zhu & Cao 1989 -- (Guo 2021:525 [ref. 38618]). Current status: Valid as Triplophysa yaopeizhii Xu, Zhang & Cai 1995. Nemacheilidae. Distribution: Upper Yangtze River basin, Tibet, China. Habitat: freshwater.