Paraschistura kessleri
Description
Paraschistura kessleri (Günther, 1889)
[N] — Pishin lora loach
Taxonomy. Original description: Nemacheilus kessleri Günther, 1889: 109 [Nushki, Pishin Lora River basin, Afghanistan (today Pakistan); syntypes: (8) BMNH 1886.9.21.177-180 (4), ZSI 11487-90 (now 3)].— Afghanistan synonyms: Nemacheilus kessleri Günther, 1889; Noemacheilus kessleri Günther, 1889; Schistura kessleri (Günther, 1889); Nemacheilus sargadensis Nikolskii, 1900; Noemacheilus sargadensis Nikolskii, 1900; Paraschistura sargadensis (Nikolskii, 1900); Noemacheilus lindbergi haarlovi Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1966.—Revisions: Berg (1949: 877) as Nemachilus kessleri; Bănărescu & Nalbant (1966: 171) as Schistura kessleri.—Illustrations: Berg (1949: 878, fig. 623) as Nemachilus kessleri; Bănărescu & Nalbant (1966: fig. 11, pl. 21, figs. 3–4) as Schistura kessleri.
Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by Bănărescu & Nalbant (1966: 171) as Schistura kessleri; confirmed by Coad [1981: 14 as Noemacheilus (Schistura) kessleri; 2014: 261: 8; 2015: 229].—Afghanistan materials: BMNH, CMN, ZMUC, ZSI.
Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Ghazni River, Kabul River drainage.—General distribution: Middle East and South Asia: Mashkid River basin (Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan).—Habitat: This species occurs in freshwater streams with moderately to fast flowing freshwater in both mountainous and lowlands. Freshwater.
Economic importance. No commercial importance.
Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan: Unknown.—IUCN: LC (Daniels 2022a).—Threats: CON, CLI, ABS.—Moderate sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Decreasing.—Moderate priority for conservation action.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Gunther
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Nemacheilidae
- Genus
- Paraschistura
- Species
- kessleri
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Paraschistura kessleri (Gunther, 1889) sec. Çiçek, Fricke, Eagderi, Sungur, Coad & Hamdard, 2023
References
- Gunther, A. (1889) Fishes. In: Aitchison, J. E. T. (Ed.), The zoology of the Afghan Delimitation Commission. The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology, 5 (Pt 3) (Art. 3), pp. 106 - 109, pl. 12. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222938909460557
- Nikolskii, A. M. (1900) A new Discognathus from Russia (Pisces, Cyprinidae). Ezhegodnik, Zoologicheskago Muzeya Imperatorskoi Akademii Nauk, 5, 239 - 241.
- Banarescu, P. M. & Nalbant, T. T. (1966) The 3 rd Danish Expedition to central Asia. Zoological results 34. Cobitidae (Pisces) from Afghanistan and Iran. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, KjObenhavn, 129, 149 - 186.
- 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.
- Daniels, A. (2022 a) Paraschistura kessleri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2022, e. T 19447926 A 19848652. https: // doi. org / 10.2305 / IUCN. UK. 2022 - 1. RLTS. T 19447926 A 19848652. en