Oxynoemacheilus oxianus
Description
Oxynoemacheilus oxianus (Kessler, 1877)
[N]—Amu Darya stone loach
Taxonomy. Original description: Nemacheilus brandtii oxianus Kessler, 1877: 177 [Amu Darya River, Uzbekistan; holotype: ZIN uncat. (not found in 1996)].— Afghanistan synonyms: Nemacheilus oxianus Kessler, 1877; Noemacheilus oxianus Kessler, 1877; Nemacheilus flavus Berg, 1905.—Revisions: Berg (1949: 879) as Nemachilus oxianus.—Illustration: Berg (1949: 879, fig. 625) as Nemachilus oxianus.
Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by Berg (1949: 880) as Nemachilus oxianus; confirmed by Coad (1981: 15; 2014: 250; 2015: 228).—Afghanistan materials: None.
Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Korovabad, Panj River.—General distribution: Northern-central Asia: Uzbekistan.—Habitat: This species inhabits mostly headwater streams with medium to strong current over sand or pebble substrate. It feeds on chironomids and small-bristle worms. Freshwater.
Economic importance. No commercial importance.
Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan: Unknown.—IUCN: LC (Karimov 2020b).—Threats: FIB, CON.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as a keystone species.—Decline status: Stable.— Low priority for conservation action.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Kessler
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Nemacheilidae
- Genus
- Oxynoemacheilus
- Species
- oxianus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Oxynoemacheilus oxianus (Kessler, 1877) sec. Çiçek, Fricke, Eagderi, Sungur, Coad & Hamdard, 2023
References
- Kessler, K. F. (1877) The Aralo-Caspian Expedition. IV. Fishes of the Aralo-Caspio-Pontine ichthyological region. Aralo-Caspian Expedition, St. Petersburg, xxviii + 360 pp., pls. 1 - 8.
- Berg, L. S. (1905) Die Fische von Turkestan. Scientific Results of the Aral Expedition. Izviestii Turkestanskago otdiela Russkago geograficheskago obschchestva, 4, i - xvi + 1 - 261, pls. 1 - 6.
- Berg, L. S. (1949) s. n. In: Ryby presnych vod SSSR i sopredelnych stan. [Freshwater fishes of the U. S. S. R. and adjacent countries]. Vol. 2. 4 th Edition. Opredeliteli po faune SSSR. [Guide to the Fauna of the U. S. S. R.], Moskva. Freshwater fishes of the U. S. S. R. and adjacent countries No. 29. Russian Academy of Sciences, USSR, Moskva, pp. 467 - 925. [in Russian, English translation appeared in Israel Program of Scientific Translation, Jerusalem, 1964, 496 pp.]
- Coad, B. W. (1981) Fishes of Afghanistan, an annoted checklist. National Museum of Canada Publications in Zoology, 14, i - v + 1 - 26.
- Coad, B. W. (2014) Fishes of Afghanistan. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia-Moscow. 393 pp.