Culter leucisculus Basilewsky, 1855: 238. Type locality: rivers flowing into Bay of Tschili, Beijing, China.
REFERENCES FOR TAJIKISTAN: Hemiculter leucisculus — Akhrorov (2006: 34): south of Tajikistan; Rasulov (2011: 99, 537): Amu Darya, lower Vakhsh, fish farm ponds. Hemiculter lucidus — Afanasyev et al. (2020: 365, 370): Kairakkum reservoir. Hemiculter eigenmanni — Rasulov (2011: 100, 537): Tajikistan.
DISTRIBUTION IN TAJIKISTAN: Plains rivers of the country, fish farm ponds in Amu Darya basin, possibly more widespread (localities 10, 14, 29).
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: IBIW_FS (n = 4) (Artaev et al., 2024). FMNH: 151165, 151144, 151152. In 2003–2018, specimens caught (not preserved) in the riverbed of the lower reaches of the Vakhsh River in the Tigrovaya Balka Nature Reserve.
COMMENTS: Invasive species, accidentally introduced together with commercially important fish species from the Far East. For more information on the taxonomy of this species see Discussion.