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
5305
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1
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5305.1.1
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Ompok canio
(
Hamilton, 1822
)
Remarks.
Silurus indicus
was
reported from the
Kabul
River by
Misra (1976)
. Then listed by
Coad (1981: 16)
in
Afghanistan
as a synonym of
Ompok canio
. However, it is distributed in the Ganges and Bengal river estuaries.
Ompok canio
was identified from the Brahmaputra River at Gualpara [Goalpara],
Assam
,
India
.
Afghanistan
is not included in the natural distribution range of the species. The presence of the species needs clarification.