Triplophysa akhtari ( Lakshmanan, 1950 )

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 : 14-15

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.8097108

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CA1A3C-FFA7-FF85-38E2-193D8B0365BC

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Plazi

scientific name

Triplophysa akhtari ( Lakshmanan, 1950 )
status

 

Triplophysa akhtari ( Lakshmanan, 1950) View in CoL

[E]— Helmand loach

Taxonomy. Original description: Nemachilus akhtari Lakshmanan, 1950: 219 , fig. 132 [Helmand River, Afghanistan; syntypes: ZMMU P-5734 (3), P-5735 (1)].— Afghanistan synonyms: Nemacheilus akhtari Lakshmanan, 1950 View in CoL .—Revisions: Kottelat (2012: 122) as questionably valid.—Illustration: Lakshmanan (1950: fig. 1) as Nemachilus akhtari .

Status in Afghanistan. Reported from Afghanistan in original description by Lakshmanan (1950) as Nemachilus akhtari ; confirmed by Coad (1981: 13) with status uncertain.—Afghanistan materials: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Helmand River.—General distribution: Afghanistan.— 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: NE (2023).—Threats: Unknown— Moderate sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Moderate priority for conservation action.

Remarks. Current status of this species should be clarified.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Cypriniformes

Family

Nemacheilidae

Genus

Triplophysa

Loc

Triplophysa akhtari ( Lakshmanan, 1950 )

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

Nemachilus akhtari

Lakshmanan 1950: 219
1950
Loc

Nemacheilus akhtari

Lakshmanan 1950
1950
Loc

Nemachilus akhtari

Lakshmanan 1950
1950
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