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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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.