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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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5305.1.1
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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.