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 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.