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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Triplophysa stolickai
(
Steindachner, 1866
)
[N]—Tibetan stone loach
Taxonomy.
Original description:
Cobitis stolickai
Steindachner, 1866: 76
, pl. 12 [Kashmir lakes;
syntypes
: NMW 48561 (3)].—
Afghanistan
synonyms:
Noemacheilus stoliczkai
(
Steindachner, 1866
)
;
Nemacheilus stoliczkai
(
Steindachner, 1866
)
;
Triplophysa stoliczkai
(
Steindachner, 1866
)
;
Triplophysa stoliczkae
(
Steindachner, 1866
)
.—Revisions:
Kottelat (2012: 131)
.—Illustration:
Steindachner (1866
: pl. 12) as
Cobitis stolickai
.
Status in
Afghanistan
.
First record from Afghanistan by
Berg (1948
–
1949
); confirmed by
Moravec and Amin (1978)
;
Coad (1981: 15
as
Noemacheilus
(
Triplophysa
)
stoliczkai
; 2014: 272; 2015: 229).—Afghanistan materials: BMNH, CMN, MNHN.
Distribution and habitat.
Distribution in
Afghanistan
:
Bamian
River, upper
Helmand
River, upper Amu Darya.— General distribution: Asia: Indus, Ganges, Tarim and Yangtze River basins (
Uzbekistan
,
Iran
,
Pakistan
,
India
,
Bhutan
, and
China
including
Tibet
).—Habitat: This freshwater species lives amongst rocks in swift-flowing streams, lakes and standing waters, hot springs, and close to riverbanks in wetlands with also slow water currents of gravel and mud bottoms and submerged waterweeds. This species feeds on aquatic invertebrates and can be found at elevations of up to
5200 m
. Freshwater.
Economic importance.
No commercial importance.
Conservation.
Conservation status in
Afghanistan
: Unknown.—IUCN: LC (
Daniels 2022c
).—Threats: ABS, CON, CLI, HAB, FIT.—High sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Decreasing.— Moderate priority for conservation action.