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
5305
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5305.1.1
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Esox lucius
Linnaeus, 1758
[N]—Northern pike
Taxonomy.
Original description:
Esox lucius
Linnaeus,1758:314
[Europe; possible
syntypes
:BMNH1853.11.12.114 (1, skin)]. Type catalog: Wheeler 1958:209].—
Afghanistan
synonyms: None.—Revisions:
Berg (1948: 458)
.— Illustration:
Berg (1948: 459
, fig. 274).
Status in
Afghanistan
.
First record from Afghanistan by
Berg (1948: 463)
; confirmed by
Coad (1981: 8)
.— Afghanistan materials: None.
Distribution and habitat.
Distribution in
Afghanistan
: Pitnyak (Amu Darya River system, into Aral Sea).—General distribution:Circumpolar in Northern Hemisphere:North America, Europe, and northern Asia; widely introduced elsewhere.—Habitat: This species usually occurs in clear small lakes, shallow vegetated areas of larger lakes, marshes, creeks, and small to large rivers. It moves to deeper, cooler water in the summer. Spawning occurs in shallow flooded marshes associated with lakes, inlet streams to those lakes, or rivers; spawning habitat is basically a flooded area with emergent vegetation. Freshwater, brackish.
Economic importance.
Commercially important.
Conservation.
Conservation status in
Afghanistan
: Unknown.—IUCN: LC (NatureServe 2018).—Threats:
No major
threats are known.—Moderate sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Stable.—Low priority for conservation action.