Triplophysa stolickai ( Steindachner, 1866 )

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 : 16-17

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.8097123

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CA1A3C-FFA5-FF9B-38E2-182D8AAE65C0

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Triplophysa stolickai ( Steindachner, 1866 )
status

 

Triplophysa stolickai ( Steindachner, 1866) View in CoL

[N]—Tibetan stone loach

Taxonomy. Original description: Cobitis stolickai Steindachner, 1866: 76 , pl. 12 [Kashmir lakes; syntypes: NMW 48561 (3)].— Afghanistan synonyms: Noemacheilus stoliczkai ( Steindachner, 1866) View in CoL ; Nemacheilus stoliczkai ( Steindachner, 1866) View in CoL ; Triplophysa stoliczkai ( Steindachner, 1866) View in CoL ; Triplophysa stoliczkae ( Steindachner, 1866) View in CoL .—Revisions: Kottelat (2012: 131).—Illustration: Steindachner (1866: pl. 12) as Cobitis stolickai .

Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by Berg (1948 – 1949); confirmed by Moravec and Amin (1978); Coad (1981: 15 as Noemacheilus (Triplophysa) stoliczkai ; 2014: 272; 2015: 229).—Afghanistan materials: BMNH, CMN, MNHN.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Bamian River, upper Helmand River, upper Amu Darya.— General distribution: Asia: Indus, Ganges, Tarim and Yangtze River basins ( Uzbekistan, Iran, Pakistan, India, Bhutan, and China including Tibet).—Habitat: This freshwater species lives amongst rocks in swift-flowing streams, lakes and standing waters, hot springs, and close to riverbanks in wetlands with also slow water currents of gravel and mud bottoms and submerged waterweeds. This species feeds on aquatic invertebrates and can be found at elevations of up to 5200 m. Freshwater.

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan: Unknown.—IUCN: LC ( Daniels 2022c).—Threats: ABS, CON, CLI, HAB, FIT.—High sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Decreasing.— Moderate priority for conservation action.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Cypriniformes

Family

Nemacheilidae

Genus

Triplophysa

Loc

Triplophysa stolickai ( Steindachner, 1866 )

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

Cobitis stolickai

Steindachner 1866: 76
1866
Loc

Cobitis stolickai

Steindachner 1866
1866
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