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
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-06-16
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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.