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Glyptothorax jalalensis Balon & Hensel 1970

Description

Glyptothorax jalalensis Balon & Hensel, 1970

[N]—Jalalabad catfish

Taxonomy. Original description: Glyptothorax jalalensis Balon & Hensel, 1970: 160, fig. 1 [Kabul River tributary, near Jalal-Abad (Jalalabad), Afghanistan; holotype:SNMB 2176].— Afghanistan synonyms: None.—Revisions: None.—Illustration: Balon & Hensel (1970: fig. 1).

Status in Afghanistan. Recorded from Afghanistan in original description by Balon & Hensel (1970: 160); confirmed by Coad (1981: 16; 2014: 284; 2015: 229).—Afghanistan materials: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Kabul River.—General distribution: Kabal River basin, Indus River drainage, Afghanistan and Pakistan.—Habitat: This species inhabits swift-flowing, larger rivers with a substrate of sand and gravel or rocks. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Locally consumed, but of no commercial importance.

Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan: Unknown.—IUCN: NE (2023).—Threats: Unknown.— Moderate sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Moderate priority for conservation action.

Notes

Published as part of Çiçek, Erdoğan, Fricke, Ronald, Eagderi, Soheil, Sungur, Sevil, Coad, Brian W & Hamdard, Mohammad Hamid, 2023, Fishes of Afghanistan; a revised and updated annotated checklist, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 5305 (1) on page 40, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5305.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8048564

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References

  • Balon, E. K. & Hensel, K. (1970) Notes on small collection of fishes fromAfghanistan with a description of Glyptothorax jalalensis, sp n (Pisces, Sisoridae). Vestnik Ceskoslovenske Spolesnosti Zoologicke, Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemoslovenicae, 34, 159 - 63.
  • 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.