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 Salmostoma bacaila ( Hamilton, 1822 ) [N]—Large razorbelly minnow Taxonomy. Original description: Cyprinus bacaila Hamilton, 1822: 265 , 384, pl. 8, fig. 76 (rivers of India ; no types preserved].— Afghanistan synonyms: Oxygaster bacaila ( Hamilton, 1822 ) ; Salmophasia bacaila ( Hamilton, 1822 ) .—Revisions: None.—Illustration: Hamilton (1822 : pl. 8, fig. 76) as Cyprinus bacaila . Status in Afghanistan . First record from Afghanistan by McClelland (1842: 575) as Opsarius bacaila ; confirmed by Coad (1981: 12 ; 2014: 202 ; 2015: 228).—Afghanistan materials: None. Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan : Kabul River.—General distribution: Asia: Afghanistan , Pakistan , India , Nepal and Bangladesh ;? Thailand .—Habitat:This species is a benthopelagic and potamodromous species, usually found in slow-running streams, but also occurring in rivers, ponds, inundated fields in submontane regions, and brackish waters. It is an omnivorous surface feeder. Freshwater, brackish. Economic importance. Locally consumed, but of no commercial importance. Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan : Unknown.—IUCN: LC ( Rema Devi & Dahanukar 2011 ).— Threats: HAB, EUT, ABS.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as a keystone species.— Decline status: Stable.—Low priority for conservation action.