Schizopygopsis 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 : 25-26

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5305.1.1

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8097188

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CA1A3C-FFB2-FF92-38E2-189D8B4C65BC

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scientific name

Schizopygopsis stolickai Steindachner, 1866
status

 

Schizopygopsis stolickai Steindachner, 1866

[N]—False osman

Taxonomy. Original description: Schizopygopsis stolickai Steindachner, 1866: 786 , pl. 16 [Hanle (eastern province Ladak [Ladakh]) in a stream near Hanle monastery, elevation 15,200 feet, Kashmir, India; syntypes: NMW 9255-56 (1, 1), 51472-73 (9, 2)].— Afghanistan synonyms: Schizocypris stoliczkai ( Steindachner, 1866) ; Schizopygopsis sewerzowi Herzenstein, 1891 View in CoL ; Gymnocypris biswasi Talwar, 1977 View in CoL .—Revisions: Berg (1949: 729) as Schizopygopsis stoliczkai View in CoL .—Illustration: Steindachner (1866: pl. 16); Berg (1949: 730, figs. 489–490) as Schizopygopsis stoliczkai View in CoL .

Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by Lakshmanan (1950: 218) as Schizopygopsis stoliczkae ; confirmed by Coad (1981: 12; 2014: 208; 2015: 228).—Afghanistan materials: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Helmand River.—General distribution: Middle East and South Asia: Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.—Habitat: This species occurs in a variety of rivers and streams, including ones with fast, cold running water and stony beds, as well as high-altitude, cold-water lakes. Feeding habits are predatory and phytophagous, depending on the age and depth of the lake. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Locally consumed, but of no commercial importance.

Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan: Unknown.—IUCN: LC ( Freyhof et al. 2022b).—Threats: FIT, CON, ABS, EUT, COM.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as a keystone species.— Decline status: Stable.—Low priority for conservation action.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Cypriniformes

Family

Cyprinidae

Genus

Schizopygopsis

Loc

Schizopygopsis stolickai Steindachner, 1866

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

Gymnocypris biswasi

Talwar 1977
1977
Loc

Schizopygopsis sewerzowi

Herzenstein 1891
1891
Loc

Schizopygopsis stolickai

Steindachner 1866: 786
1866
Loc

Schizopygopsis stoliczkai

Steindachner 1866
1866
Loc

Schizopygopsis stoliczkai

Steindachner 1866
1866
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