Paraschistura prashari
Description
Paraschistura prashari (Hora, 1933)
[N] — Prashar loach
Taxonomy. Original description: Nemachilus prashari Hora, 1933: 109 [a spring 300 yards north of Kohat City, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan; holotype: ZSI F10719/1].— Afghanistan synonyms: Nemacheilus prashari Hora, 1933; Noemacheilus prashari Hora, 1933; Schistura prashari (Hora, 1933).—Revisions: Prokofiev (2009: 892).—Illustration: Hora (1933: pl. 5, figs. 1–2) as Nemachilus prashari.
Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by Bănărescu & Mirza (1965); confirmed by Coad (1981: 15 as Noemacheilus (Schistura) prashari; 2014: 329).—Afghanistan materials: None.
Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Swat and Kabul Rivers, Vale of Peshawar.—General distribution: Nepal, Pakistan and Afghanistan.—Habitat: This species inhabits hilly streams with stony or gravelly beds at 400–800 m altitude. It is a carnivorous fish species that feeds on aquatic insects and worms. Freshwater.
Economic importance. No commercial importance.
Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan: Unknown.—IUCN: NT (Rafique et al. 2021b).—Threats: ABS, HAB, CON, CLI, ABS, EUT.—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
- Hora
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Nemacheilidae
- Genus
- Paraschistura
- Species
- prashari
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Paraschistura prashari (Hora, 1933) sec. Çiçek, Fricke, Eagderi, Sungur, Coad & Hamdard, 2023
References
- Hora, S. L. (1933) Notes on fishes in the Indian Museum. XX. Loaches of the genus Nemachilus from Baluchistan. XXI. On a new species of Nemachilus from Kohat, N. W. F. Province. Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, 35 (Pt 2), 183 - 191, pl. 5. https: // doi. org / 10.26515 / rzsi / v 35 / i 2 / 1933 / 162609
- Prokofiev, A. M. (2009) Problems of the classification and phylogeny of Nemacheiline loaches of the group lacking the preethmoid I (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae: Nemacheilinae). Journal of Ichthyology, 49 (10), 874 - 898. https: // doi. org / 10.1134 / S 0032945209100051
- Banarescu, P. & Mirza, M. R. (1965) Noemacheilus lindbergi n sp, a new loach from Afghanistan and West Pakistan (Pisces, Cobitidae) Senckenbergiana. Biologica, 46, 265 - 269.
- Coad, B. W. (1981) Fishes of Afghanistan, an annoted checklist. National Museum of Canada Publications in Zoology, 14, i - v + 1 - 26.
- Rafique, M., Daniels, A., Johnson, J. A., Zafarullah, M., Qureshi, I. & Imran, M. (2021 b) Paraschistura prashari. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2021, e. T 128724377 A 128724401. https: // doi. org / 10.2305 / IUCN. UK. 2021 - 1. RLTS. T 128724377 A 128724401. en