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 Schizothorax zarudnyi ( Nikolskii, 1897 ) [N]—Zarudny’s snowtrout Taxonomy. Original description: Aspiostoma zarudnyi Nikolskii, 1897: 346 [Neizar marsh in Seistan (Sistan), Iran ; holotype : ZIN 11115].— Afghanistan synonyms: Oreinus anjac Fowler & Steinitz, 1956 ; Barbus microlepis Keyserling, 1861 .—Revisions: Bianco & Bănărescu (1982: 92) as Schizopyge zarudny ; Coad & Keyzer-de Ville (2005: 36) .—Illustration: None. Status in Afghanistan . First record from Afghanistan by Fowler and Steinitz (1956) as Schizothorax anjac ; confirmed by Coad (1981: 12 as Schizothorax anjac ; 2014: 229; 2015: 228).—Afghanistan materials: USNM. Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan : Sistan River, Harut and Adraskan River.—General distribution: Middle East: Sistan Basin ( Afghanistan and Iran ).—Habitat: This species inhabits rivers and streams. Freshwater. Economic importance. Locally consumed, but of no commercial importance. Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan : Unknown.—IUCN: NE (2023).—Threats: Unknown.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Low priority for conservation action.