Leuciscus lehmanni Brandt, 1852

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 : 36

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.8097262
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CA1A3C-FF89-FFA8-38E2-1CC48B9460E8
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Leuciscus lehmanni Brandt, 1852
status

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Leuciscus lehmanni Brandt, 1852 View in CoL View at ENA

[N]—Zeravshan dace

Taxonomy. Original description: Leuciscus lehmanni Brandt, 1852: 339 View in CoL [Samarkand, Uzbekistan; holotype: GCM F 9].— Afghanistan synonyms: Leuciscus angrenicus Serov, 1941 View in CoL ; Squalius intermedius Kessler, 1872 View in CoL .— Revisions: Berg (1949: 548).—Illustration: Berg (1949: 548, figs. 314–315).

Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by Berg (1949: 549); listed by Coad (1981: 11; 2014: 182; 2015: 228) as possible distributed species.—Afghanistan materials: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Amu Darya.—General distribution: Aral Sea system.— Habitat: This species is found near the surface of open waters in large rivers and lakes. Semi-anadromous individuals forage and spawn in pelagic environments. Lacustrine populations spawn in open water in lakes. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Commercially important.

Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan: Unknown.—IUCN: LC (Karimov & Mamilov 2020b).—Threats: No major threats known.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as a keystone species.— Decline status: Unknown.—Low priority for conservation action.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Actinopterygii
Order	Cypriniformes
Family	Cyprinidae
Genus	Leuciscus