Aplocheilus blockii ( Arnold, 1911 )

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Fricke, Ronald, Eagderi, Soheil, Sungur, Sevil, Coad, Brian W & Hamdard, Mohammad Hamid, 2023, Fishes of Afghanistan; a revised and updated annotated checklist, Zootaxa 5305 (1), pp. 1-69 : 46

Aplocheilus blockii ( Arnold, 1911)

[I] — Green panchax

Taxonomy. Original description: Haplochilus panchax blockii Arnold, 1911: 672 , fig. 3 [ Cochin, India; no types known].— Afghanistan synonyms: Aplocheilus blochi (Arnold,, 1911); Aplocheilus blochii ( Arnold, 1911) .— Revisions: Seegers (1997: 16).—Illustration: Arnold (1911: fig. 3).

Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by Hora (1935); confirmed by Coad (1981: 8).—Afghanistan materials: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Chahiltran Stream, tributary of Kabul River, West Kabul City, Afghanistan.—General distribution: Afghanistan and Pakistan.—Habitat: This species lives under the surface in still waters, mainly coastal and often brackish, especially where there is surface vegetation or cover, such as mangrove swamps and rice fields. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Valuable for the aquarium trade.

Reasons of introduction. Ornamental fish industry.

Conservation. Not relevant (intoduced species).