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 Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758 [I]—Common carp Taxonomy. Original description: Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758: 320 [Europe; syntypes : BMNH 1853.11.12.139 (1, skin)].— Afghanistan synonyms: None.—Revisions: Berg (1949: 831) .—Illustration: Berg (1949: 833 , fig. 572). Status in Afghanistan . First record from Afghanistan by Berg (1949: 831) ; confirmed by Bănărescu and Nalbant (1975), Moravec and Amin (1978) , Coad (1981: 10 ; 2014: 153 ; 2015: 227).—Afghanistan materials: None. Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan : Panj, Murgab, Tedzhen, Kunduz and Khanabad Rivers and translocated somewhere.—General distribution: Western Europe [native to Black Sea basin, possibly also Caspian and Aral seas basins], widely introduced worldwide, also many multicolor varieties.—Habitat: Warm, deep, slow-flowing, and still waters, such as lowland rivers and large, well-vegetated lakes. Introduced in all types of water bodies. Spawns along shorelines or in backwaters. Successful survival of larvae is only possible in very warm water, among shallow submerged vegetation. Freshwater. Economic importance. Commercially important. Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).