Hemiculter leucisculus ( Basilewsky, 1855 )

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 : 31

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.8097228

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CA1A3C-FFB4-FF95-38E2-1B618AF162A8

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Hemiculter leucisculus ( Basilewsky, 1855 )
status

 

Hemiculter leucisculus ( Basilewsky, 1855) View in CoL View at ENA

[I] — Sharpbelly

Taxonomy. Original description: Culter leucisculus Basilewsky, 1855: 238 View in CoL [Rivers flowing into Bay of Tschili (Chihli), Beijing (Peking), China; syntypes: ZIN 5272 (2)].— Afghanistan synonyms: None.—Revisions: Berg (1949: 808).—Illustration: Berg (1949: 809, fig. 553).

Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by Moravec and Amin (1978); confirmed by Coad (1981: 10; 2014: 318).—Afghanistan materials: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Kunduz and Khanabat Rivers.—General distribution: East Asia; introduced elsewhere.—Habitat: This species is usually found in large and medium-sized rivers in shallow water over sandy bottoms, but sometimes occurs in pools along the bed of mountain streams; it is also abundant in ponds, lakes, and the backwaters of rivers. It is highly tolerant to water pollution. Freshwater, brackish.

Economic importance. Locally commercially important.

Reasons of introduction. Fisheries: enhancement of wild stocks and sports fishing.

Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Cypriniformes

Family

Cyprinidae

Genus

Hemiculter

Loc

Hemiculter leucisculus ( Basilewsky, 1855 )

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

Culter leucisculus

Basilewsky 1855: 238
1855
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