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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Tariqilabeo adiscus
(
Annandale, 1919
)
[N]—Discless minnow
Taxonomy.
Original description:
Discognathus adiscus
Annandale, 1919: 68
, pls. 10, fig. 2, 11, fig. 1 [Seistan, eastern
Iran
;
holotype
: ZSI F9763/1). Type catalog:
Menon & Yazdani 1968:107
].—
Afghanistan
synonyms:
Crossocheilus adiscus
(
Annandale, 1919
)
;
Gonorhynchus adiscus
(
Annandale, 1919
)
.—Revisions:
Sayyadzadeh
et al.
(2015: 353)
as
Gonorhynchus adiscus
.—Illustration:
Annandale (1919
: pl. 10, fig. 2, pl. 11, fig. 1);
Sayyadzadeh
et al.
(2015
: figs. 2–5) as
Gonorhynchus adiscus
.
Status in
Afghanistan
.
First record from Afghanistan by
Coad (1981: 11
as
Hemigarra elegans adiscus
); confirmed by
Coad (2015: 228
as
Gonorhynchus adiscus
).—Afghanistan materials: BMNH.
Distribution and habitat.
Distribution in
Afghanistan
: Sistan River.—General distribution: Middle East, South Asia: eastern
Iran
and
Helmand
River (
Afghanistan
).—Habitat: This species occurs in freshwater streams. Freshwater.
Economic importance.
No commercial importance.
Conservation.
Conservation status in
Afghanistan
: Unknown.—IUCN: NE (2023).—Threats: Unknown.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as a keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Low priority for conservation action.