Acanthobrama kuschakewitschi Kessler, 1872: 64. Type locality: Khujand, Tajikistan.
REFERENCES FOR TAJIKISTAN: Acanthobrama kuschakewitschi — Berg (1905: 177): Syr Darya. Capoetobrama kuschakewitschi — Nikolskiy (1938: 142): Amu Darya up to Somoni (Faizabadkala), Kafirnigan up to Shartuz, Syr Darya; Berg (1949: 800): Amu Darya, Syr Darya; Shaposhnikova (1950: map): flat zone and lower part of foothill zone of Amu Darya basin; Rasulov and Karimov (2014: 39): Kairakkum reservoir; Afanasyev et al. (2020: 368): Syr Darya including Kairakkum reservoir.
DISTRIBUTION IN TAJIKISTAN: Syr Darya, Amu Darya, Panj, Kafirnigan, Kairakkum reservoir, Vakhsh (localities 9, 15).
CONSERVATION STATUS IN TAJIKISTAN: Endangered (Saidov, 2017); endangered (sensu IUCN; Mamilov and Karimov, 2020c).
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: IBIW_FS (n = 4) (Artaev et al., 2024). In 2003–2018, specimens caught (not preserved) in the riverbed of the lower reaches of the Vakhsh River in the Tigrovaya Balka Nature Reserve.