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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Paracobitis longicauda
(
Kessler, 1872
)
[N]—Eastern crested loach
Taxonomy.
Original description:
Cobitis longicauda
Kessler, 1872: 65
[21], pl. 11, figs. 30–31 [Ak-Darya River,
Uzbekistan
;
holotype
: ZISP 2628].—
Afghanistan
synonyms:
Cobitis longicauda
Kessler, 1872
;
Nemacheilus longicaudus
(
Kessler, 1872
)
;
Noemacheilus longicauda
(
Kessler, 1872
)
;
Nemachilus longicauda
(
Kessler, 1872
)
.—Revisions:
Berg (1949: 884)
as
Nemachilus malapterurus longicauda
,
Bănărescu & Nalbant (1995: 443)
,
Freyhof
et al.
(2014: 16)
.—Illustrations:
Berg (1949: 884–885
, figs. 632–635) as
Nemachilus malapterurus longicauda
,
Freyhof
et al.
(2014: 15
, fig. 4).
Status in
Afghanistan
.
First record from Afghanistan by
Berg (1949: 886)
as
Nemachilus malapterurus longicauda
; confirmed by
Moravec and Amin (1978)
;
Coad (1981: 14
;
2014: 254
; 2015: 229).—Afghanistan materials: ZISP.
Distribution and habitat.
Distribution in
Afghanistan
:Tedzhen and Murgab River drainages.—General distribution: Middle East and Northern-central Asia:
Uzbekistan
, Hari River drainage (
Iran
) and adjacent areas.—Habitat: This species occurs in streams with moderately to fast flowing freshwater in both mountainous and lowlands. Freshwater.
Economic importance.
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.