Schizothorax zarudnyi ( Nikolskii, 1897 )

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 : 28

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5305.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8097206
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treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Schizothorax zarudnyi ( Nikolskii, 1897 )
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Treatment

Schizothorax zarudnyi ( Nikolskii, 1897) View in CoL View at ENA

[N]—Zarudny’s snowtrout

Taxonomy. Original description: Aspiostoma zarudnyi Nikolskii, 1897: 346 View in CoL [Neizar marsh in Seistan (Sistan), Iran; holotype: ZIN 11115].— Afghanistan synonyms: Oreinus anjac Fowler & Steinitz, 1956 View in CoL ; Barbus microlepis Keyserling, 1861 View in CoL .—Revisions: Bianco & Bănărescu (1982: 92) as Schizopyge zarudny View in CoL ; 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.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Actinopterygii
Order	Cypriniformes
Family	Cyprinidae
Genus	Schizothorax