Glyptothorax stocki Mirza & Nijssen, 1978

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Fricke, Ronald, Eagderi, Soheil, Sungur, Sevil, Coad, Brian W & Hamdard, Mohammad Hamid, 2023, Fishes of Afghanistan; a revised and updated annotated checklist, Zootaxa 5305 (1), pp. 1-69 : 40

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5305.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:55EB7903-BB1A-45F9-9660-16DAF957C67A

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8097292

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CA1A3C-FF8D-FFAC-38E2-1AF18B0F6218

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Glyptothorax stocki Mirza & Nijssen, 1978
status

 

Glyptothorax stocki Mirza & Nijssen, 1978 View in CoL

[N]—Stock’s catfish

Taxonomy. Original description: Glyptothorax stocki Mirza & Nijssen, 1978: 79 View in CoL , fig. 1 [Bhed Nullah, small stream on G.T. road to Rawalpindi, 7 miles from Lahore, Pakistan; holotype: ZMA 114763].— Afghanistan synonyms: None—Revisions: Jayaram (2006: 247).—Illustration: Mirza & Nijssen (1978: fig. 1).

Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by Coad (1981: 16; 2014: 330).—Afghanistan materials: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Kabul River.—General distribution: Indus River drainage, Afghanistan and Pakistan.—Habitat: This species is a carnivorous cold-water species that occurs in hillstreams between 300 and 1,500 m asl, with stones as the major substrate. Freshwater.

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan: Unknown.—IUCN: EN ( Rafique et al. 2021g).—Threats: CLI, CON, ABS, HAB, EUT.—High sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Decreasing.—Moderate priority for conservation action.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Siluriformes

Family

Sisoridae

Genus

Glyptothorax

Loc

Glyptothorax stocki Mirza & Nijssen, 1978

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Fricke, Ronald, Eagderi, Soheil, Sungur, Sevil, Coad, Brian W & Hamdard, Mohammad Hamid 2023
2023
Loc

Glyptothorax stocki

Mirza & Nijssen 1978: 79
1978
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