{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{speciesbox | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn|author=Mamilov, N. |author2= Karimov, B. |name-list-style=amp |year= 2020 |title= ''Triplophysa dorsalis'' |article-number= e.T156722500A156722536 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T156722500A156722536.en|access-date=8 January 2023}}</ref> | genus = Triplophysa | species = dorsalis | authority = (Kessler, 1872) | synonyms = *''Cobitis dorsalis'' *''Nemacheilus dorsalis'' | synonyms_ref = <ref name=IUCN/> }}

'''''Triplophysa dorsalis''''', the '''grey stone loach''',<ref name=IUCN/> is a species of stone loach in the genus ''Triplophysa'' that lives in freshwater.<ref name=FishBase>{{FishBase |genus=Triplophysa |species=dorsalis |month=November |year=2014}}</ref> It is found in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Xinjiang (westernmost China).<ref name=CoF>{{cite web |url=http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp |title=Catalog of Fishes |author=Eschmeyer, W. N. |date=3 February 2015 |publisher=California Academy of Sciences |access-date=26 February 2015}}</ref>

The species is usually found in water with slow currents, river coves and lakes. It prefers the quiet water to live in. Its maximum length is {{convert|13|cm|in}} TL and the common length is {{convert|12|cm|in}} SL. Lives at range of temperature of 18&nbsp;°C-22&nbsp;°C.<ref name=FishBase/>

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D Category:Freshwater fish of China Category:Fish of Central Asia Category:Fauna of Kyrgyzstan Category:Taxa named by Karl Kessler Category:Fish described in 1872

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