Species that contain: Triplophysa and orientalis [ 4 ] records

elongatus, Nemachilus kungessanus Herzenstein [S. M.] 1888:44, Pl. 5 (fig. 3) [Zoologischer Theil, St. Petersburg v. 3 (2 abt.) (1); ref. 2147] Nomochun gol [Nemachun-gol], Mongolia or China. Syntypes: ZIN 7386 (2). Original genus is correctly Nemacheilus. First revision apparently Zhu 1989:84 selecting orientalis over elongatus. •Synonym of Triplophysa orientalis (Herzenstein 1888) -- (Zhu 1989:84 [ref. 17744], Wu & Wu 1992:172 [ref. 21205], Chen & Zhang in Chen 1998:68 [ref. 23556], Prokofiev 2006:256 [ref. 29061], Kottelat 2012:129 [ref. 32367], Prokofiev 2016:204 [ref. 34459], Guo 2021:512 [ref. 38618]). Current status: Synonym of Triplophysa orientalis (Herzenstein 1888). Nemacheilidae. Habitat: freshwater.

hutjertjuensis, Nemacheilus (Triplophysa) Rendahl [H.] 1933:28 [Arkiv för Zoologi v. 25 A (pt. 2) (no. 11); ref. 3704] Hutjertju Gol, Mongolia. Syntypes: (12) NRM 10202 (orig. 12, now 10), MNHN 1933-0118 (1). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1948:98-99 [ref. 19574]. •Valid as Noemacheilus hutjertjuensis (Rendahl 1933) -- (Tilak 1990:144 [ref. 23720] as hutjertjuonsis). •Synonym of Triplophysa orientalis (Herzenstein 1888) -- (Prokofiev 2016:206 [ref. 34459] but a valid subspecies as described, Wang et al. 2024:11 [ref. 40861]). •Valid as Triplophysa hutjertjuensis (Rendahl 1933) -- (Zhu 1989:81 [ref. 17744], Wu & Wu 1992:171 [ref. 21205], Zhu 1995:114 [ref. 25213], Prokofiev 2002:S47 [ref. 27462], Kottelat 2012:127 [ref. 32367], Zhang et al. 2016:138 [ref. 34477]). Current status: Valid as Triplophysa hutjertjuensis (Rendahl 1933). Nemacheilidae. Distribution: Central Asia: Inner Mongolia and China. Habitat: freshwater.

hwanghoensis, Triplophysa orientalis Prokofiev [A. M.] 2016:205, Figs. 1h-j [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 56 (no. 2); ref. 34459] Fl. Chwan-che, upper reaches of the Huang He (Hwang-ho) River, Gomi Province, China. Holotype: ZIN 7232. Paratypes: ZIN. Plus additional non-type material. •Synonym of Triplophysa orientalis (Herzenstein 1888), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Wang et al. 2024:11 [ref. 40861]). •Not treated in Zhang et al. 2016:142 [ref. 34477]. Current status: Synonym of Triplophysa orientalis (Herzenstein 1888). Nemacheilidae. Distribution: East Asia: Huang He (Hwang-ho) River drainage, China [this subspecies]. Habitat: freshwater.

orientalis, Nemachilus kungessanus Herzenstein [S. M.] 1888:44, Pl. 6 (fig. 2) [Zoologischer Theil, St. Petersburg v. 3 (2 abt.) (1); ref. 2147] Tsaidam [Zaidam], Chuan-Che River, Qinghai Province, China. Syntypes: ZIN 7232 (4), 7271 (6+). Original genus is correctly Nemacheilus. •Valid as Triplophysa orientalis (Herzenstein 1888) -- (Zhu 1989:84 [ref. 17744], Wu & Wu 1992:172 [ref. 21205], Ding 1994:67 [ref. 21531], Zhang et al. 1995:50 [ref. 22734], Zhu 1995:114 [ref. 25213], Chen & Zhang in Chen 1998:68 [ref. 23556], Prokofiev 2002:S47 [ref. 27462], Prokofiev 2006:256 [ref. 29061], Li et al. 2007:47 [ref. 29309], Zheng et al. 2010:[4] [ref. 30841], Prokofiev 2010:907 [ref. 31096], He et al. 2012:278 [ref. 32339], Kottelat 2012:129 [ref. 32367], Kottelat 2013:213 [ref. 32989], Li et al.2015:423 [ref. 33642], Yan et al. 2015:304 [ref. 33966], Prokofiev 2016:201 [ref. 34459] and as Nemacheilus orientalis orientalis p. 203, Zhang et al. 2016:142 [ref. 34477], Wu et al. 2016:295 [ref. 34665], Zhang et al. 2019:388 [ref. 36699], Guo 2021:512 [ref. 38618], Wang et al. 2024:10 [ref. 40861]). Current status: Valid as Triplophysa orientalis (Herzenstein 1888). Nemacheilidae. Distribution: East Asia: upper Yangtze River basin, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China. Habitat: freshwater.