Triplophysa brahui ( Zugmayer, 1912 )

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 : 15

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.8097110

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CA1A3C-FFA4-FF85-38E2-1C558B6B6058

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Plazi

scientific name

Triplophysa brahui ( Zugmayer, 1912 )
status

 

Triplophysa brahui ( Zugmayer, 1912) View in CoL

[N]— Baluchistan loach

Taxonomy. Original description: Nemachilus brahui Zugmayer, 1912: 598 [Kelat, Baluchistan, Pakistan; syntypes: ZSM [old collection] (24), destroyed in WWII].— Afghanistan synonyms: Noemacheilus brahui Zugmayer, 1912 .—Revisions: Kottelat (2012: 124).—Illustration: None.

Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by Bănărescu & Nalbant (1966); confirmed by Coad (1981: 12; 2014: 266; 2015: 229).—Afghanistan materials: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Kabul.—General distribution: Afghanistan and Pakistan.— Habitat: It inhabits seasonal streams and is mostly restricted to small temporary pools that are regularly influenced by sandstorms. The altitude of these habitats ranges from 500 to 2,500 m alt. It is a carnivorous bottom feeder. Freshwater.

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan: Unknown.—IUCN: EN ( Dahanukar & Raghavan 2022).— Threats: HAB, CON, CLI, ABS, EUT—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

Triplophysa

Loc

Triplophysa brahui ( Zugmayer, 1912 )

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

Nemachilus brahui

Zugmayer 1912: 598
1912
Loc

Noemacheilus brahui

Zugmayer 1912
1912
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