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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Paraschistura cristata
(
Berg, 1898
)
[N]
—
Crested loach
Taxonomy.
Original description:
Nemacheilus cristatus
Berg 1898: 19
[5], fig. [Tedzhen River near
Ashgabat
(Askhabad),
Turkmenistan
;
syntypes
: ISBR 996 (2), ZIN 11055 (1), ZMMU P-2555 (59)].—
Afghanistan
synonyms: Synonym:
Nemacheilus cristatus
Berg, 1898
;
Noemacheilus cristatus
Berg, 1898
;
Schistura cristata
(
Berg, 1898
)
;
Metaschistura cristata
(
Berg, 1898
)
.—Revisions:
Berg (1949: 886)
as
Nemachilus cristatus
.
Prokofiev (2009: 893)
as
Metaschistura cristata
,
Freyhof
et al.
(2015: 10)
.—Illustration:
Berg (1949: 886
, fig. 36) as
Nemachilus cristatus
,
Freyhof
et al.
(2015
: figs. 6–8).
Status in
Afghanistan
.
First record from Afghanistan by
Berg (1948
–
1949
) as
Nemacheilus
(
Paracobitis
)
cristatus
;
Banarescu and Nalbant (1966)
; confirmed by
Coad (1981: 14
;
2014: 246
as
Metaschistura cristata
; 2015: 229).—Afghanistan materials: ZMUC.
Distribution and habitat.
Distribution in
Afghanistan
: Tedzhen River, Murgab River, Harirud and
Helmand
River drainages.—General distribution: Middle East, North Asia and South Asia: Hari River basin (
Iran
,
Turkmenistan
and
Afghanistan
).—Habitat: This species occurs in streams with moderately to fast flowing freshwater in both mountainous and lowlands. Freshwater.
Economic importance.
No commercial importance.
Conservation.
Conservation status in
Afghanistan
: Unknown.—IUCN: NE (2023).—Threats: Unknown.— Moderate sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Moderate priority for conservation action.