Cyprinion watsoni
Description
Cyprinion watsoni (Day, 1872)
[N]—Indus lotak
Taxonomy. Original description: Scaphiodon watsoni Day, 1872: 324 [rivers on Sind Hills, Pakistan and the Salt Range of the Punjab; syntypes and/or Day specimens: AMS B.7751 (1, syntype); BMNH 1889.2.1.370-379 (10) Bird I.; NMW 51671-73 (1, 1, 1); FMNH 2303 (4); RMNH 8704 [?=2552] (1); ZIN 8278 (4); ZMA 115924-25 (2, 1); ZMB 11042 (1); ZSI 2596 (1)].— Afghanistan synonyms: Cirrhina afghana Günther, 1889; Scaphiodon baluchiorum Jenkins, 1910; Scaphiodon watsoni belense Zugmayer, 1912; Semiplotus dayi Fowler, 1958; Scaphiodon irregularis Day, 1872; Cyprinion kirmanense Nikolskii, 1900; Scaphiodon readingi Hora, 1923; Cirrhina afghan nikolskii Berg, 1905; Scaphiodon macmahoni Regan, 1906.—Revisions: Bianco & Bănărescu (1982: 84).—Illustration: Bleher (2018: fig.).
Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by Bănărescu and Nalbant (1975: 242); confirmed by Coad (1981: 10; 2014: 148; 2015: 227).—Afghanistan materials: BMNH, CMN, USNM, ZMUC.
Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Chamkani River drainage, Zhob River drainage, Pishin Lora drainage.—General distribution: Western Asia: Jazmurian to Indus River systems: southeastern Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.—Habitat: This species is found only in the larger mountain wadis and tributaries that support relatively large, deep pools year-round. It is found in the shallow marginal zone of the pools. It is suspected to be an aufwuchs feeder; gut contents comprise more than 90% filamentous algae, and the remaining 10% is unicellular algae, aquatic insects, and sand grains. Freshwater.
Economic importance. Locally consumed, but of no commercial importance.
Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan: Unknown.—IUCN: LC (Harrison 2015).—Threats: HAB, CON, ABS, EUT, CLI.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as a keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Low priority for conservation action.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Day
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Cyprinion
- Species
- watsoni
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Cyprinion watsoni (Day, 1872) sec. Çiçek, Fricke, Eagderi, Sungur, Coad & Hamdard, 2023
References
- Day, F. (1872) Monograph of Indian Cyprinidae. Parts 4 - 6. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 41 (1 - 4), 1 - 29 + 171 - 198 + 318 - 327, pl. 1.
- 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
- Zugmayer, E. (1912) Eight new fishes from Baluchistan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 8, 10 (60), 595 - 599. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222931208693276
- Nikolskii, A. M. (1900) A new Discognathus from Russia (Pisces, Cyprinidae). Ezhegodnik, Zoologicheskago Muzeya Imperatorskoi Akademii Nauk, 5, 239 - 241.
- 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
- 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.
- Regan, C. T. (1906) Two new cyprinoid fishes from the Helmand Basin. Journal & Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, New Series, 2 (No. 1) (Art. 2), 8 - 9.
- Bianco, P. G. & Banarescu P. M. (1982) A contribution to the knowledge of the Cyprinidae of Iran (Pisces, Cypriniformes). Cybium 3 e serie. Bulletin de la Societe Francaise d'Ichtyologie, 6 (2), 75 - 96.
- Bleher, H. (2018) Indian ornamental fishes, Volume 1. Aquapress Publishers, Miradolo Terme, 850 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.
- Harrison, I. J. (2015) Cyprinion watsoni. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e. T 15242036 A 2764979. https: // doi. org / 10.2305 / IUCN. UK. 2015 - 2. RLTS. T 15242036 A 2764979. en