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 Labeo angra ( Hamilton, 1822 ) [N]—Turkestan barbel Taxonomy. Original description: Cyprinus angra Hamilton, 1822: 331 , 391 [Brahmaputra River, India ; no types known].— Afghanistan synonyms: Cyprinus (Bangana) hamiltonii Gray, 1830 ; Cyprinus morala Hamilton, 1822 ; Cyprinus musiha Hamilton, 1822 .—Revisions: None.—Illustration: Day (1878 : pl. 128, fig. 2) as Labeo angra . Status in Afghanistan . First record from Afghanistan by Coad (1981: 11) ; confirmed by Coad (2014: 172 ; 2015: 228).—Afghanistan materials: None. Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan : Kabul River.—General distribution:Ganges and Brahmaputra River basins, Pakistan , Afghanistan , India , Nepal , Bangladesh and Myanmar .—Habitat: It is a benthopelagic and potamodromous species that inhabits rivers, lakes, and ponds. This is an herbivorous column-feeding species. Freshwater. Economic importance. Locally commercially important. Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan : Unknown.—IUCN: LC (Devi & Bogutskaya 2009b).—Threats: There are no threats currently known for this species.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as a keystone species.—Decline status: Stable.—Low priority for conservation action.