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 Paraschistura turcmenica ( Berg, 1932 ) [N]— Turkmenistan loach Taxonomy. Original description: Nemacheilus turcmenicus Berg, 1932: 149 , fig. 1 [Kelte-chinar River (Cherokh River) near Gyaurs ( 37°47‘N , 58°44‘E ), Turkmenistan ; syntypes : ZIN 11064 (3)].— Afghanistan synonyms: None.—Revisions: Berg (1949: 876) as synonym of Nemacheilus sargadensis Nikolskii, 1900 ; Freyhof et al. (2015: 17) .—Illustration: Berg (1932 : fig. 1) as Nemacheilus turcmenicus . Status in Afghanistan . This species not recorded from Afghanistan, however, it is distributed in joining waterways with Afghanistan ( Coad 1995 ; Mousavi Sabet et al. 2015 ,).—Afghanistan materials: None. Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan : Murgab River.—General distribution: Middle East, northern-central Asia and South Asia: Turkmenistan , Afghanistan and Iran .—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.