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 Puntius terio ( Hamilton, 1822 ) [N]—Onespot Barb Taxonomy. Original description: Cyprinus terio Hamilton, 1822: 313 , 389 [Brahmaputra River, at Gualpara [Goalpara], Assam , India ; No types known. Information on type locality see Britz 2019:44 ].— Afghanistan synonyms: Cyprinus terio Hamilton, 1822 .—Revisions: Pethiyagoda et al. (2012: 73) .—Illustration: Britz (2019 : pl. 183). Status in Afghanistan . First record from Afghanistan by Coad (2014: 196) ; confirmed by Coad (2015: 228) .— Afghanistan materials: CMN. Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan : Kabul River.—General distribution: South Asia: Ganges River basin ( India , Nepal , Bangladesh and? Myanmar ).—Habitat: It inhabits rivers, canals, ponds, ditches, and inundated fields over a silt and mud substrate. The females are more robust when mature. Freshwater. Economic importance. Valuable for the aquarium trade. Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan : Unknown.—IUCN: LC ( Dahanukar 2010e ).—Threats: There are no known threats to the species.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as a keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Low priority for conservation action.