Fishes of Afghanistan; a revised and updated annotated checklist
Author
Çiçek, Erdoğan
Author
Fricke, Ronald
0000-0003-1476-6990
Author
Eagderi, Soheil
0000-0002-1134-0356
Author
Sungur, Sevil
0000-0003-4018-6375
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Coad, Brian W
0000-0002-7232-961X
Author
Hamdard, Mohammad Hamid
0000-0002-5915-6574
erdogancicek@nevsehir.edu.tr
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-06-16
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Salmo oxianus
Kessler, 1874
[N]—Amu Darya trout
Taxonomy.
Original description:
Salmo oxianus
Kessler, 1874: 35
, pl. 5, fig. 21 [Darmut stream, tributary of Kizil-Su River, Upper Amu Darya River basin,
Afghanistan
;
lectotype
: ZMMU P-833;
lectotype
selected by Salmanov & Dorofeyeva (1991: 818)].—
Afghanistan
synonyms: None.—Revisions:
Berg (1948: 258)
as
Salmo trutta oxianus
; Scĥffmann (2021: 226);
Segherloo
et al.
(2021: 10)
.—Illustration:
Kessler (1874
: pl. 5, fig. 21).
Status in
Afghanistan
.
First record from Afghanistan by
Hora (1933
b); confirmed by
Hora (1935: 787)
as
Salmo trutta aralensis
oxianus
,
Berg (1948: 258)
as
Salmo trutta oxianus
,
Balon and Hensel (1970)
,
Maksunov (1971)
,
Moravec and Amin (1978)
and
Coad (1981: 8
;
2014: 304
; 2015: 229).—Afghanistan materials: BMNH, CMN, ZMUC.
Distribution and habitat.
Distribution in
Afghanistan
: Amu Darya, Panj and
Bamian
Rivers drainages, Sorkh Ab, Kowkchek (Kokcha) River, Sanglish River, North Salang Brook of Andarab River.—General distribution: North Asia: Amu Darya River basin (
Kyrgyzstan
,
Tajikistan
and
Afghanistan
).—HabitatThis species lives in cold streams, rivers, and lakes. Spawns in rivers and streams with swift water. Freshwater, brackish, marine.
Economic importance.
Commercially important.
Conservation.
Conservation status in
Afghanistan
: Unknown.—IUCN: NE (2023).—Threats: FIT, HAB, CON, EUT, ABS.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Low priority for conservation action.