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 Amblypharyngodon mola ( Hamilton, 1822 ) [N]—Mola carplet Taxonomy. Original description: Cyprinus mola Hamilton, 1822: 334 , 392, pl. 38, fig. 92 (Gangetic provinces; no types preserved].— Afghanistan synonyms: Mola buchanani Blyth, 1860; Leuciscus chitul Sykes, 1839 ; Amblypharyngodon gadigarhi Malhotra & Dutta, 1975 ; Rhodeus macrocephalus Jerdon, 1849 ; Leuciscus pellucidus McClelland, 1839 ; Amblypharyngodon saranensis Chaudhuri, 1912 .—Revisions: None.— Illustration: Britz (2019 : pl. 203). Status in Afghanistan . First record from Afghanistan by McClelland (1842) as Leuciscus mola ; confirmed by Coad (1981: 9 ; 2014: 121 ; 2015: 227).—Afghanistan materials: None. Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan : Kabul River.—General distribution: South Asia: Afghanistan , Pakistan , northern India , Nepal , Bangladesh and Myanmar .—Habitat: This species lives in all freshwater bodies. Freshwater. Economic importance. No commercial importance. Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan : Unknown.—IUCN: LC ( Chaudhry 2010c ).—Threats: No information to suggest risk.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as a keystone species.— Decline status: Stable.—Low priority for conservation action.