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 Schizothorax microcephalus Day, 1877 [N]—Small-headed snowtrout Taxonomy. Original description: Schizothorax microcephalus Day, 1877: 787 [ Panja (Panjah), waters going to the Oxus, India , elevation 9000 feet ; syntypes : ZSI 3200 (1, lost)].— Afghanistan synonyms: None.—Revisions: None.—Illustration: Wu & Wu (1992: 505 , fig. 138). Status in Afghanistan . First record from Afghanistan by Coad (1981: 13) , possibly a synonym of S. intermedius ; confirmed by Coad (2014: 222 ; 2015: 228).—Afghanistan materials: None. Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan : Panj River.—General distribution: India and Afghanistan .— Habitat: This species inhabits rivers and streams. Freshwater. Economic importance. Locally consumed, but of no commercial importance. Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan : Unknown.—IUCN: NE (2023).—Threats: Unknown.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Low priority for conservation action.