Schizothorax plagiostomus Heckel, 1838

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 : 27-28

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.8097204

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CA1A3C-FFB0-FF90-38E2-19388B516628

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Schizothorax plagiostomus Heckel, 1838
status

 

Schizothorax plagiostomus Heckel, 1838 View in CoL View at ENA

[N]—Snow trout

Taxonomy. Original description: Schizothorax plagiostomus Heckel, 1838: 16 View in CoL , pl. 1 (Kashmir, Tschilum River; holotype: NMW 51469).— Afghanistan synonyms: Oreinus griffithii McClelland, 1842 View in CoL ; Oreinus plagiostomus McClelland, 1842 View in CoL ; Schizothorax sinuatus Heckel, 1838 View in CoL ; Oreinus sinuatus ( Heckel, 1838) View in CoL .—Revisions: None.— Illustration: Heckel (1838: pl. 1).

Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by McClelland (1842), Banarescu and Nalbant (1975), Moravec and Amin (1978); confirmed by Coad (1981: 8; 2014: 226; 2015: 228).—Afghanistan materials: BMNH, CMN, USNM, ZMUC.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Pich River, Salang River, Panjsher River, Paghman River, Kabul River drainge.—General distribution: Afghanistan, Nepal and Pakistan to China.—Habitat: This species occurs in clear, running, snow-fed hill streams and rivers over stony beds, where it can tolerate very low temperatures but usually does not survive well in water above 20°C. It is herbivorous and a bottom feeder of plants, algae, and other plant material. It is a short-distance migratory fish that enters tributaries for breeding. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Locally commercially important.

Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan: Unknown.—IUCN: VU ( Jan & Daniels 2022).—Threats: CON, COM, FIT, ABS, HAB, EUT.—High sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Significant decline.—High priority for conservation action.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Cypriniformes

Family

Cyprinidae

Genus

Schizothorax

Loc

Schizothorax plagiostomus Heckel, 1838

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

Oreinus griffithii

McClelland 1842
1842
Loc

Oreinus plagiostomus

McClelland 1842
1842
Loc

Schizothorax plagiostomus

Heckel 1838: 16
1838
Loc

Schizothorax sinuatus

Heckel 1838
1838
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