A brief review of Triplophysa (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae) species from the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang, China, with description of a new species. Author Jinlu Li Author Naifa Liu Author Junxing Yang text Zootaxa 2007 1605 47 58 http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0C563006-C139-4655-9AA9-B72155061F7A journal article z01605p047 [[ Triplophysa orientalis (Herzenstein 1888) ]] In our collection in the Kezile River system, only one specimen referred to T. orientalis was present. It has the following special characteristics: lips papillated strongly; small free posterior portion of air bladder elliptic, about size of eye, reaching the posterior extremity of pectoral fin base; pelvic fins insertion under the base of 2nd branched dorsal fin ray; and PDL/SL=52%; vertebrae 4+33. More research work and more possible specimens are required to affirm its species status.