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 Author Coad, Brian W 0000-0002-7232-961X Author Hamdard, Mohammad Hamid 0000-0002-5915-6574 erdogancicek@nevsehir.edu.tr text Zootaxa 2023 2023-06-16 5305 1 1 69 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5305.1.1 journal article 56221 10.11646/zootaxa.5305.1.1 c640363c-14f9-4912-8a38-2948ab4946f1 1175-5326 8048564 55EB7903-BB1A-45F9-9660-16DAF957C67A Ompok bimaculatus ( Bloch, 1794 ) [N]—Butter catfish Taxonomy. Original description: Silurus bimaculatus Bloch, 1794: 24 , pl. 364 [ India ; lectotype : ZMB 2916; lectotype selected by Paepke (1999: 139)].— Afghanistan synonyms: Silurus (Callichrus) affinis Swainson, 1839 ; Silurus anostomus Valenciennes, 1840 ; Silurus chechra Hamilton, 1822 ; Silurus duda Hamilton, 1822 ; Silurus (Callichrus) immaculatus Swainson, 1839 ; Silurus indicus McClelland, 1842 ; Pseudosilurus macropthalmos Blyth, 1860 ; Silurus microcephalus Valenciennes, 1840 ; Silurus mysoricus Valenciennes, 1840 ; Silurus (Callichrus) nebulosus Swainson, 1839 ; Callichrous notatus Day, 1870 ; Ompok siluroides Lacepède, 1803 ; Callichrous sindensis Day, 1877 ; Ompok sindensis (Day, 1877) .—Revisions: Jayaram (2006:105) .— Illustration: Talwar & Jhingran (1991: 582 , fig. 194). Status in Afghanistan . First record from Afghanistan by Coad (1981: 16) ; confirmed by Coad (2014: 287 ; 2015: 229).—Afghanistan materials: None. Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan : Kabul River.—General distribution: South Asia: Afghanistan , Pakistan , India and Myanmar .—Habitat: This species inhabits plains and submontane regions and is found in rivers, lakes, tanks, and ponds. Freshwater. Economic importance. Commercially important. Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan : Unknown.—IUCN: NT ( Ng et al. 2010 ).—Threats: FIT.— Moderate sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as a keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.— Moderate priority for conservation action.