Sperata seenghala ( Sykes, 1839 )

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 : 38

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.8097276

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CA1A3C-FF8F-FFAE-38E2-1D80892361AC

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Plazi

scientific name

Sperata seenghala ( Sykes, 1839 )
status

 

Sperata seenghala ( Sykes, 1839) View in CoL View at ENA

[N]—Giant river-catfish

Taxonomy. Original description: Platystoma seenghala Sykes, 1839: 164 View in CoL [Deccan, India; no types known)].— Afghanistan synonyms: Bagrus aorinus Valenciennes, 1840 ; M ystus seenghala ( Sykes, 1839) View in CoL ; Aorichthys seenghala ( Sykes, 1839) View in CoL ; Aorichthys aor sarwari Mirza, Nawaz & Javed, 1992 View in CoL .—Revisions: Jayaram (2006: 31).—Illustration: Talwar & Jhingran (1991: fig.).

Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by Günther (1864); confirmed by Coad (1981: 15 as Mystus seenghala ; 2014: 300; 2015: 229).—Afghanistan materials: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Kabu River.—General distribution: South Asia: Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bangladesh.—Habitat: This species inhabits larger streams and lakes. Freshwater, brackish.

Economic importance. Commercially important.

Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan: Unknown.—IUCN: LC ( Ng 2010b).—Threats: FIT.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Low priority for conservation action.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Siluriformes

Family

Bagridae

Genus

Sperata

Loc

Sperata seenghala ( Sykes, 1839 )

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

Aorichthys aor sarwari

Mirza, Nawaz & Javed 1992
1992
Loc

Bagrus aorinus

Valenciennes 1840
1840
Loc

Platystoma seenghala

Sykes 1839: 164
1839
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