aluensis, Triplophysa Li [Z.-X.] & Zhu [Z.-G.] 2000:396 [Engl. 398], Fig. 1 [Journal of Yunnan University (Natural Science) v. 22 (no. 5) [2000]; ref. 27938] Underground stream, Alu limestone caves in Luxi County, 24°33'N, 103°45'E, Yunnan Province, China. Holotype (unique): HRS 20000620001. •Valid as Triplophysa aluensis Li & Zhu 2000 -- (Chen & Yang 2005:604 [ref. 28119], Li et al. 2008:676 [ref. 29925], Chen et al. 2009:90 [ref. 30169], Zheng 2009:225 [ref. 30217], Romero et al. 2009 [ref. 30522], Prokofiev 2010:895 [ref. 31096] as aluuensis, Zhao et al. 2011:1553 [ref. 31493], Yang et al. 2012:170 [ref. 31483], Zheng et al. 2012:835 [ref. 31820], Lin et al. 2012:645 [ref. 32193], Kottelat 2012:123 [ref. 32367], Ma & Zhao 2012:111 [ref. 34891], Yang in Lan et al. 2013:256 [ref. 32910], Zhang et al. 2016:135 [ref. 34477], Yang et al. 2016:300 [ref. 34677], Li et al. 2016:[4] [ref. 35021], Liu et al. 2017:844 [ref. 35125], Li et al. 2017:8 [ref. 35551], Wu et al. 2018:73 [ref. 35850], Wu et al. 2018:92 [ref. 35971], Chen et al. 2021:189 [ref. 38191]). Current status: Valid as Triplophysa aluensis Li & Zhu 2000. Nemacheilidae. Distribution: East Asia: Nanpan River drainage, upper Pearl River basin, Yunnan (China). IUCN (2024): Endangered. Habitat: freshwater.