Paraschistura punjabensis ( Hora, 1923 )

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

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.8097101

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CA1A3C-FFA7-FF86-38E2-1EE18A1C66B8

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Plazi

scientific name

Paraschistura punjabensis ( Hora, 1923 )
status

 

Paraschistura punjabensis ( Hora, 1923) View in CoL

[N]— Punjab loach

Taxonomy. Original description: Nemacheilus punjabensis Hora, 1923: 384 View in CoL , figs. 2–3 [Stream below Watta Hills, Salt Range, Punjab, Pakistan; syntypes: ZSI F10348/1 (6)].— Afghanistan synonyms: Nemacheilus punjabensis Hora 1923 View in CoL ; Noemacheilus punjabensis Hora, 1923 View in CoL ; Schistura punjabensis ( Hora, 1923) View in CoL ; Noemacheilus sargadensis paludani Bănărescu & Nalbant, (1966) View in CoL .—Revisions: Bănărescu & Nalbant (1995: 441) as Schistura pubjabensis .—Illustration: Hora (1923: figs. 2–3) as Nemacheilus punjabensis View in CoL .

Status in Afghanistan. First identified from Afghanistan by Bănărescu and Nalbant (1966) as Noemacheilus sargadensis paludani ; confirmed by Coad (1981: 15; 2014: 264; 2015: 229).—Afghanistan materials: CMN, ZMUC.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Pich River, Kabul River basin.—General distribution: eastern Afghanistan, Pakistan and northwest India.—Habitat: This freshwater species occurs in semi-cold small streams and rivers with gravelly or sandy bottoms, at 250–500 m asl over sandy bottoms. This species is not thought to be migratory and is widespread in hill streams. Freshwater.

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan: Unknown.—IUCN: VU ( Rafique et al. 2021c).—Threats: HAB, ABS, CON.—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 punjabensis ( Hora, 1923 )

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

Noemacheilus sargadensis paludani Bănărescu & Nalbant, (1966)

Banarescu & Nalbant 1966
1966
Loc

Nemacheilus punjabensis

Hora 1923: 384
1923
Loc

Nemacheilus punjabensis

Hora 1923
1923
Loc

Noemacheilus punjabensis

Hora 1923
1923
Loc

Nemacheilus punjabensis

Hora 1923
1923
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