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 Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758 [N]—Wels catfish Taxonomy. Original description: Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758: 304 [prient, less frequently in European lakes; syntypes : BMNH 1853.11.12.168 (1, skin), NRM 59 (1)].— Afghanistan synonyms: None.—Revisions: Berg (1949: 904) .—Illustration: Berg (1949: 904-905 , figs. 656–657). Status in Afghanistan . First record from Afghanistan by Berg (1949: 906) ; confirmed by Nikolskii and Tzentilovich (1951) , Moravec and Amin (1978) , Coad (1981: 8 ; 2014: 290 ; 2015: 229).—Afghanistan materials: None. Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan : Kunduz and Murgab Rivers.—General distribution: North America; Eastern Europe to central Asia. Widely introduced elsewhere.—Habitat: This species inhabits large and medium-sized lowland rivers, backwaters, and well-vegetated lakes. Spawns in shallow, warm, and well vegetated riverine habitats without current. Freshwater. Economic importance. Commercially important. Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan : Unknown.—IUCN: LC ( Freyhof & Kottelat 2008h ).— Threats: HAB.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as a keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Low priority for conservation action.