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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Schizothorax plagiostomus
Heckel, 1838
[N]—Snow trout
Taxonomy.
Original description:
Schizothorax plagiostomus
Heckel, 1838: 16
, pl. 1 (Kashmir, Tschilum River;
holotype
: NMW 51469).—
Afghanistan
synonyms:
Oreinus griffithii
McClelland, 1842
;
Oreinus plagiostomus
McClelland, 1842
;
Schizothorax sinuatus
Heckel, 1838
;
Oreinus sinuatus
(
Heckel, 1838
)
.—Revisions: None.— Illustration:
Heckel (1838
: pl. 1).
Status in
Afghanistan
.
First record from Afghanistan by
McClelland (1842)
, Banarescu and Nalbant (1975),
Moravec and Amin (1978)
; confirmed by
Coad (1981: 8
;
2014: 226
; 2015: 228).—Afghanistan materials: BMNH, CMN, USNM, ZMUC.
Distribution and habitat.
Distribution in
Afghanistan
: Pich River, Salang River, Panjsher River, Paghman River,
Kabul
River drainge.—General distribution:
Afghanistan
,
Nepal
and
Pakistan
to
China
.—Habitat: This species occurs in clear, running, snow-fed hill streams and rivers over stony beds, where it can tolerate very low temperatures but usually does not survive well in water above 20°C. It is herbivorous and a bottom feeder of plants, algae, and other plant material. It is a short-distance migratory fish that enters tributaries for breeding. Freshwater.
Economic importance.
Locally commercially important.
Conservation.
Conservation status in
Afghanistan
: Unknown.—IUCN: VU (
Jan & Daniels 2022
).—Threats: CON, COM, FIT, ABS, HAB, EUT.—High sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Significant decline.—High priority for conservation action.