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 Aplocheilus blockii ( Arnold, 1911 ) [I] — Green panchax Taxonomy. Original description: Haplochilus panchax blockii Arnold, 1911: 672 , fig. 3 [ Cochin , India ; no types known].— Afghanistan synonyms: Aplocheilus blochi (Arnold,, 1911); Aplocheilus blochii ( Arnold, 1911 ) .— Revisions: Seegers (1997: 16) .—Illustration: Arnold (1911 : fig. 3). Status in Afghanistan . First record from Afghanistan by Hora (1935) ; confirmed by Coad (1981: 8) .—Afghanistan materials: None. Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan : Chahiltran Stream, tributary of Kabul River, West Kabul City, Afghanistan .—General distribution: Afghanistan and Pakistan .—Habitat: This species lives under the surface in still waters, mainly coastal and often brackish, especially where there is surface vegetation or cover, such as mangrove swamps and rice fields. Freshwater. Economic importance. Valuable for the aquarium trade. Reasons of introduction. Ornamental fish industry. Conservation. Not relevant (intoduced species).