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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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5305.1.1
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Glyptothorax jalalensis
Balon & Hensel, 1970
[N]—Jalalabad catfish
Taxonomy.
Original description:
Glyptothorax jalalensis
Balon & Hensel, 1970: 160
, fig. 1 [
Kabul
River tributary, near Jalal-Abad (Jalalabad),
Afghanistan
;
holotype
:SNMB 2176].—
Afghanistan
synonyms: None.—Revisions: None.—Illustration:
Balon & Hensel (1970
: fig. 1).
Status in
Afghanistan
.
Recorded from Afghanistan in original description by
Balon & Hensel (1970: 160)
; confirmed by
Coad (1981: 16
;
2014: 284
; 2015: 229).—Afghanistan materials: None.
Distribution and habitat.
Distribution in
Afghanistan
:
Kabul
River.—General distribution: Kabal River basin, Indus River drainage,
Afghanistan
and
Pakistan
.—Habitat: This species inhabits swift-flowing, larger rivers with a substrate of sand and gravel or rocks. Freshwater.
Economic importance.
Locally consumed, but of no commercial importance.
Conservation.
Conservation status in
Afghanistan
: Unknown.—IUCN: NE (2023).—Threats: Unknown.— Moderate sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Moderate priority for conservation action.