Paraschistura punjabensis
Description
Paraschistura punjabensis (Hora, 1923)
[N]— Punjab loach
Taxonomy. Original description: Nemacheilus punjabensis Hora, 1923: 384, figs. 2–3 [Stream below Watta Hills, Salt Range, Punjab, Pakistan; syntypes: ZSI F10348/1 (6)].— Afghanistan synonyms: Nemacheilus punjabensis Hora 1923; Noemacheilus punjabensis Hora, 1923; Schistura punjabensis (Hora, 1923); Noemacheilus sargadensis paludani Bănărescu & Nalbant, (1966).—Revisions: Bănărescu & Nalbant (1995: 441) as Schistura pubjabensis.—Illustration: Hora (1923: figs. 2–3) as Nemacheilus punjabensis.
Status in Afghanistan. First identified from Afghanistan by Bănărescu and Nalbant (1966) as Noemacheilus sargadensis paludani; confirmed by Coad (1981: 15; 2014: 264; 2015: 229).—Afghanistan materials: CMN, ZMUC.
Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Pich River, Kabul River basin.—General distribution: eastern Afghanistan, Pakistan and northwest India.—Habitat: This freshwater species occurs in semi-cold small streams and rivers with gravelly or sandy bottoms, at 250–500 m asl over sandy bottoms. This species is not thought to be migratory and is widespread in hill streams. Freshwater.
Economic importance. No commercial importance.
Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan: Unknown.—IUCN: VU (Rafique et al. 2021c).—Threats: HAB, ABS, CON.—High sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—High 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
- punjabensis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Paraschistura punjabensis (Hora, 1923) sec. Çiçek, Fricke, Eagderi, Sungur, Coad & Hamdard, 2023
References
- Hora, S. L. (1923) Fish of the Salt Range, Pubjab. In: The fauna of the Salt Range, Punjab. Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, 25 (Pt 4), 377 - 386, pl. 8. https: // doi. org / 10.26515 / rzsi / v 25 / i 4 / 1923 / 162691
- Banarescu, P. M. & Nalbant, T. T. (1995) A generical classification of Nemacheilinae with description of two new genera (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitidae). Travaux du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle " Grigore Antipa ", 35, 429 - 495.
- 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.
- 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.
- Rafique, M., Johnson, J. A., Daniels, A., Imran, M., Qureshi, I. & Zafarullah, M. (2021 c) Paraschistura punjabensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2021, e. T 128724472 A 128724507. https: // doi. org / 10.2305 / IUCN. UK. 2021 - 1. RLTS. T 128724472 A 128724507. en