Leuciscus aspius
Description
Leuciscus aspius (Linnaeus, 1758)
[N]—Asp
Taxonomy. Original description: Cyprinus aspius Linnaeus, 1758: 325 [Swedish lakes; no types known]— Afghanistan synonyms: Aspius aspius (Linnaeus, 1758).—Revisions: Berg (1949: 603) as Aspius aspius.— Illustration: Berg (1949: 604, figs. 357–359) as Aspius aspius.
Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by Berg (1949: 605) as Aspius aspius; confirmed by Coad (1981: 9 as Aspius aspius; 2014: 179; 2015: 228).—Afghanistan materials: None.
Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Amu Darya.—General distribution: Asia: Distribution: Europe to western Asia.—Habitat: This species is found in open water in large and mid-sized lowland rivers and large lakes. Spawns on gravel or submerged vegetation in fast-flowing water. Lake populations migrate to tributaries. Freshwater, brackish.
Economic importance. Commercially important.
Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan: Unknown.—IUCN: LC (Freyhof & Kottelat 2018).—Threats: CON, ABS, HAB.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.— Low priority for conservation action.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Linnaeus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Leuciscus
- Species
- aspius
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Leuciscus aspius (Linnaeus, 1758) sec. Çiçek, Fricke, Eagderi, Sungur, Coad & Hamdard, 2023
References
- Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema Naturae. Vol. 1. Ed. X. [Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae, ii + 824 pp.
- Berg, L. S. (1949) s. n. In: Ryby presnych vod SSSR i sopredelnych stan. [Freshwater fishes of the U. S. S. R. and adjacent countries]. Vol. 2. 4 th Edition. Opredeliteli po faune SSSR. [Guide to the Fauna of the U. S. S. R.], Moskva. Freshwater fishes of the U. S. S. R. and adjacent countries No. 29. Russian Academy of Sciences, USSR, Moskva, pp. 467 - 925. [in Russian, English translation appeared in Israel Program of Scientific Translation, Jerusalem, 1964, 496 pp.]
- Coad, B. W. (1981) Fishes of Afghanistan, an annoted checklist. National Museum of Canada Publications in Zoology, 14, i - v + 1 - 26.
- Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. (2018) Leuciscus aspius (amended version of 2008 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2018, e. T 2178 A 136077402. https: // doi. org / 10.2305 / IUCN. UK. 2008. RLTS. T 2178 A 136077402. en