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 Luciobarbus conocephalus ( Kessler, 1872 ) [N]—Turkestan barbel Taxonomy. Original description: Barbus conocephalus Kessler, 1872: 50 [6], pl. 6, fig. 6, pl. 7, figs. 7–8 [Zeravshan River, Uzbekistan ; syntypes : (6) ZMMU P-1513 (2), P-1518 (1)].— Afghanistan synonyms: None.—Revisions: Berg (1949: 700) as Barbus capito conocephalus .—Illustration: Kessler (1872 : pl. 6, fig. 6, pl. 7, figs. 7–8) as Barbus concephalus . Status in Afghanistan . First record from Afghanistan by Berg (1949: 701) as Barbus capito conocephalus ; confirmed by Maksumov (1971), Moravec and Amin (1978) , Coad (1981: 9) .—Afghanistan materials: None. Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan : Panj River Kunduz River.—General distribution: Eurasia: North Asia, Middle East: Afghanistan , Uzbekistan and northern Iran .—Habitat: This species lives in rivers and streams. Freshwater, brackish, marine. Economic importance. Commercially important. Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan : Unknown.—IUCN: NE (2023).—Threats: HAB, EUT, FIT.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Low priority for conservation action.