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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Glyptothorax stocki
Mirza & Nijssen, 1978
[N]—Stock’s catfish
Taxonomy.
Original description:
Glyptothorax stocki
Mirza & Nijssen, 1978: 79
, fig. 1 [Bhed Nullah, small stream on G.T. road to Rawalpindi,
7 miles
from Lahore,
Pakistan
;
holotype
: ZMA 114763].—
Afghanistan
synonyms: None—Revisions:
Jayaram (2006: 247)
.—Illustration:
Mirza & Nijssen (1978
: fig. 1).
Status in
Afghanistan
.
First record from Afghanistan by
Coad (1981: 16
;
2014: 330
).—Afghanistan materials: None.
Distribution and habitat.
Distribution in
Afghanistan
:
Kabul
River.—General distribution: Indus River drainage,
Afghanistan
and
Pakistan
.—Habitat: This species is a carnivorous cold-water species that occurs in hillstreams between 300 and
1,500 m
asl, with stones as the major substrate. Freshwater.
Economic importance.
No commercial importance.
Conservation.
Conservation status in
Afghanistan
: Unknown.—IUCN: EN (
Rafique
et al.
2021g
).—Threats: CLI, CON, ABS, HAB, EUT.—High sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Decreasing.—Moderate priority for conservation action.