Schizothorax zarudnyi
Description
Schizothorax zarudnyi (Nikolskii, 1897)
[N]—Zarudny’s snowtrout
Taxonomy. Original description: Aspiostoma zarudnyi Nikolskii, 1897: 346 [Neizar marsh in Seistan (Sistan), Iran; holotype: ZIN 11115].— Afghanistan synonyms: Oreinus anjac Fowler & Steinitz, 1956; Barbus microlepis Keyserling, 1861.—Revisions: Bianco & Bănărescu (1982: 92) as Schizopyge zarudny; Coad & Keyzer-de Ville (2005: 36).—Illustration: None.
Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by Fowler and Steinitz (1956) as Schizothorax anjac; confirmed by Coad (1981: 12 as Schizothorax anjac; 2014: 229; 2015: 228).—Afghanistan materials: USNM.
Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Sistan River, Harut and Adraskan River.—General distribution: Middle East: Sistan Basin (Afghanistan and Iran).—Habitat: This species inhabits rivers and streams. Freshwater.
Economic importance. Locally consumed, but of no commercial importance.
Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan: Unknown.—IUCN: NE (2023).—Threats: Unknown.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Low priority for conservation action.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Schizothorax
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Nikolskii
- Species
- zarudnyi
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Schizothorax zarudnyi (Nikolskii, 1897) sec. Çiçek, Fricke, Eagderi, Sungur, Coad & Hamdard, 2023
References
- Nikolskii, A. M. (1897) Reptiles, amphibiens, and fishes collected by N. A. Zarundy in eastern Persia. Ezhegodnik. Zoologicheskogo Muzeya Akademii Nauk SSSR, 1, 306 - 348, pls. 17 - 19.
- Keyserling, E. (1861) Neue Cypriniden aus Persien. Zeitschrift fur die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften, 17 (1), 1 - 24.
- 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.
- Coad, B. W. & Keyzer-de Ville, N. (2005) On the validity of the species in the snow - trout genus Schizocypris Regan, 1914 (Cyprinidae: Actinopterygii). Zoology in the Middle East, 35, 35 - 42. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 09397140.2005.10638101
- Coad, B. W. (1981) Fishes of Afghanistan, an annoted checklist. National Museum of Canada Publications in Zoology, 14, i - v + 1 - 26.