Clupisoma naziri Mirza & Awan, 1973

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 : 37-38

Clupisoma naziri Mirza & Awan, 1973

[N]—Indus garua

Taxonomy. Original description: Clupisoma naziri Mirza & Awan, 1973: 152 , fig. 2 [Indus River at Jinnah Barrage, Pakistan; holotype: GCM No. 10].— Afghanistan synonyms: None.—Revisions: Jayaram (2006: 128).— Illustration: Mirza & Awan (1973: fig. 2).

Status in Afghanistan. First listed by (1981: 15; 2014: 330) as possible distributed species in Kabul River.— Afghanistan materials: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Kabul River.—General distribution: Indus River basin, Pakistan.—Habitat: This species occurs primarily in rivers (and sometimes in lakes) in sub-mountainous areas. It is potamodromous, migrating upstream in May–August in the lower reaches, and then in winter it migrates back downstream, covering large distances. It is a carnivorous species that feeds on aquatic insects and mollusks. Freshwater.

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan: Unknown.—IUCN: NT ( Ahmad et al. 2022).—Threats: FIT, CON, ABS, HAB, EUT.—Moderate sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as a keystone species.— Decline status: Decreasing.—Moderate priority for conservation action.