Garra wanae
Description
Garra wanae (Regan, 1914)
[N]— Garra
Taxonomy. Original description: Discognathus wanae Regan, 1914: 263, fig.A [Wana Toi, tributary of Gomal River, 32°20’N, 69°30’E, southwestern Waziristan, Pakistan; syntypes: BMNH 1913.4.15.65-69 (5)].— Afghanistan synonyms: None.—Revisions: None.—Illustration: Regan (1914: fig. A) as Discognathus wanae.
Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by Coad (2014: 167); confirmed by Coad (2015: 228).— Afghanistan materials: ZMUC.
Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Kabul River.—General distribution: Baluchistan, Iran to upper Indus basin, Pakistan.—Habitat: This species occurs in streams with stone beds up to 1,800 –2,100 m altitude. It is a benthopelagic species mostly found along the sides of streams where the water is slow and transparent. Freshwater.
Economic importance. No commercial importance.
Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan: Unknown.—IUCN: EN (Daniels & Raghavan 2021).—Threats: CON, CLI, ABS.—Moderate sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as a keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Moderate priority for conservation action.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Regan
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Garra
- Species
- wanae
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Garra wanae (Regan, 1914) sec. Çiçek, Fricke, Eagderi, Sungur, Coad & Hamdard, 2023
References
- Regan, C. T. (1914) Two new cyprinid fishes from Waziristan, collected by Major G. E. Bruce. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 8, 13 (74) (Art. 26), 261 - 263. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222931408693475
- Coad, B. W. (2014) Fishes of Afghanistan. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia-Moscow. 393 pp.
- Coad, B. W. (2015) Native fish biodiversity in Afghanistan. Iranian Journal of Ichthyology, 2 (4), 227 - 234.
- Daniels, A. & Raghavan, R. (2021) Garra wanae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2021, e. T 128722497 A 128722526. https: // doi. org / 10.2305 / IUCN. UK. 2021 - 1. RLTS. T 128722497 A 128722526. en