Paraschistura alta ( Nalbant & Bianco, 1998 )

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 : 11-12

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.8097089

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CA1A3C-FFA0-FF80-38E2-193D892365BC

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Paraschistura alta ( Nalbant & Bianco, 1998 )
status

 

Paraschistura alta ( Nalbant & Bianco, 1998) View in CoL View at ENA

[N] — Highfin loach

Taxonomy. Original description: Schistura alta Nalbant & Bianco, 1998: 118 View in CoL , fig. 21 [Helmand River drainage, northeast of Girisk, Kajkai, Afghanistan; holotype: ZMC P 27115].— Afghanistan synonyms: Schistura alta Nalbant & Bianco, 1998 View in CoL .—Revisions: None.—Illustration: Nalbant & Bianco (1998: fig. 21) as Schistura alta View in CoL .

Status in Afghanistan. Recorded from Afghanistan by Bănărescu and Nalbant (1967) as Schistura balichiorum , and in original description by Nalbant & Bianco (1998) as Schistura alta ; confirmed by Coad (2014: 260; 2015: 229).—Afghanistan materials: ZMUC.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Helmand River basin.—General distribution: Middle East and South Asia: Helmand River basin ( Afghanistan), Sistan and Baluchestan ( Iran).—Habitat: This species occurs in streams ith 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.—High sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—High priority for conservation action.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Cypriniformes

Family

Nemacheilidae

Genus

Paraschistura

Loc

Paraschistura alta ( Nalbant & Bianco, 1998 )

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

Schistura alta

Nalbant & Bianco 1998: 118
1998
Loc

Schistura alta

Nalbant & Bianco 1998
1998
Loc

Schistura alta

Nalbant & Bianco 1998
1998
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