Triplophysa farwelli ( Hora, 1935 )

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 : 15

Triplophysa farwelli ( Hora, 1935)

[E]—Farwell’s loach

Taxonomy. Original description: Nemachilus farwelli Hora, 1935: 799 [16], pl. 1, fig. 2; fig. 4d [Helmand River, Afghanistan; holotype: ZSI F11515/1].— Afghanistan synonyms: Nemacheilus farwelli Hora, 1935 ; Noemacheilus farwelli Hora, 1935 .—Revisions: Prokofiev (2010: 896).—Illustration: Hora (1935: pl. 1, fig. 2; fig. 4d) as Nemachilus farwelli .

Status in Afghanistan. Reported from Afghanistan in original description by Hora (1935: 799) as Nemachilus farwelli ; confirmed by Banarescu and Nalbant (1966), Coad (1981: 14 as Noemacheilus farwelli ; 2014: 267; 2015: 229).—Afghanistan materials: ZSI.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Helmand River.—General distribution: Afghanistan endemic.—Habitat: Living in streams. Freshwater.

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan: Unknown.—IUCN: NE (2023).—Threats: Unknown.—High sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—High priority for conservation action.