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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Labeo dyocheilus
(
McClelland, 1839
)
[N]—Ghora mach
Taxonomy.
Original description:
Cyprinus dyocheilus
McClelland, 1839: 331
, 391 [Brahmaputra River, from
Assam
to rapids at the extremity of the valley,
India
; no
types
known].—
Afghanistan
synonyms:
Gobio bicolor
McClelland, 1839
;
Labeo kunki
Chaudhuri, 1912
;
Labeo dyocheilus pakistanicus
Mirza & Awan, 1976
;
Osteochilus sondhii
Hora & Mukerji, 1934
;
Labeo tezpurensis
Chaudhuri, 1912
.—Revisions: None.— Illustration:
Talwar & Jhingran (1991: 207
, fig. 75).
Status in
Afghanistan
.
First record from Afghanistan by
McClelland (1842: 574)
as
Gobio bicolor
; confirmed by
Coad (1981: 11
;
2014: 172
; 2015: 228).—Afghanistan materials: None.
Distribution and habitat.
Distribution in
Afghanistan
:
Kabul
River.—General distribution: South Asia:
Afghanistan
,
India
, and
Nepal
to
Myanmar
.—Habitat: This species inhabits the clear, active currents of large rivers. Increasing day length and water temperature are favorable for ovarian development in females under both captive and wild conditions, and they breed during the monsoon season. Freshwater.
Economic importance.
Commercially important.
Conservation.
Conservation status in
Afghanistan
: Unknown.—IUCN: LC (
Dahanukar 2010b
).—Threats: No known widespread major threats to the species.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as a keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Low priority for conservation action.