dorsalis, Cobitis Kessler [K. F.] 1872:67 [23], Pl. 11 (figs. 34-35) [Izvestiia Imperatorskago Obschchestva Liubitelei Estestvozaniia, Antropologii i Etnografii v. 10 (no. 1); ref. 14134] Yany-Kurgan, Syr Darya River, Tajikistan. Syntypes: (8) ZIN 2079 (2). Type catalog: Svetovidova 1978:262 [ref. 9011] with ZISP 2079 as holotype. On p. 23 of separate. •Valid as Nemachilus dorsalis (Kessler 1872) -- (Berg 1949:858 [ref. 20661]). •Valid as Noemachilus dorsalis (Kessler 1872) -- (Coad 1981:14 [ref. 22348], Mitrofanov & Dukravec 1989:30 [ref. 37748]). •Valid as Triplophysa dorsalis (Kessler 1872) -- (Zhu 1989:85 [ref. 17744], Wu & Wu 1992:155 [ref. 21205], Zhu 1995:115 [ref. 25213], Prokofiev 2002:S45 [ref. 27462], Prokofiev 2006:256 [ref. 29061], Li et al. 2007:51 [ref. 29309], Prokofiev 2010:907 [ref. 31096], Kottelat 2012:125 [ref. 32367], Prokofiev 2016:203 [ref. 34459], Zhang et al. 2016:137 [ref. 34477], Sheraliev & Peng 2021:9 [ref. 38329], Sheraliev & Kayumova 2022:36 [ref. 39437], Sheraliev et al. 2022:62 [ref. 39759], Çiçek et al. 2023:49 [ref. 40326]). Current status: Valid as Triplophysa dorsalis (Kessler 1872). Nemacheilidae. Distribution: Northern-central Asia and East Asia: Syr Darya River basin (Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Xinjiang, China). Habitat: freshwater.