Paraschistura alepidota ( Mirza & Bănărescu, 1970 )

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

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.8097087

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CA1A3C-FFA0-FF81-38E2-1A9A8A5B636A

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Paraschistura alepidota ( Mirza & Bănărescu, 1970 )
status

 

Paraschistura alepidota ( Mirza & Bănărescu, 1970) View in CoL

[N] — Scaleless loach

Taxonomy. Original description: Nemacheilus rupecola alepidotus Mirza & Bănărescu View in CoL in Mirza, Bănărescu & Nalbant 1970: 55, fig. 10 (Madyan River, Swat drainage, Pakistan; holotype: IBTS 1356).— Afghanistan synonyms: Nemacheilus alepidotus Mirza & Bănărescu, 1970 View in CoL ; Noemacheilus alepidotus Mirza & Bănărescu, 1970 View in CoL ; Schistura alepidota ( Mirza & Bănărescu, 1970) View in CoL .—Revisions: Bănărescu & Nalbant (1995: 441) as Schistura alepidota, Prokofiev (2009: 892) View in CoL .—Illustration: Mirza & Bănărescu in Mirza, Bănărescu & Nalbant (1970: 55, fig. 10)

Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by Moravec and Amin (1978); confirmed by Coad (1981: 12) as Noemacheilus alepidotus .—Afghanistan materials: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Kabul basin.—General distribution: eastern Afghanistan and western Pakistan.—Habitat: This species occurs in streams with moderately to fast flowing freshwater in both mountainous and lowlands. Freshwater.

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

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

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Cypriniformes

Family

Nemacheilidae

Genus

Paraschistura

Loc

Paraschistura alepidota ( Mirza & Bănărescu, 1970 )

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

Schistura alepidota

Prokofiev 2009: 892
2009
Loc

Nemacheilus alepidotus Mirza & Bănărescu, 1970

Mirza & Banarescu 1970
1970
Loc

Noemacheilus alepidotus Mirza & Bănărescu, 1970

Mirza & Banarescu 1970
1970
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