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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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.