Labeo angra ( Hamilton, 1822 )

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 : 19

Labeo angra ( Hamilton, 1822)

[N]—Turkestan barbel

Taxonomy. Original description: Cyprinus angra Hamilton, 1822: 331 , 391 [Brahmaputra River, India; no types known].— Afghanistan synonyms: Cyprinus (Bangana) hamiltonii Gray, 1830 ; Cyprinus morala Hamilton, 1822 ; Cyprinus musiha Hamilton, 1822 .—Revisions: None.—Illustration: Day (1878: pl. 128, fig. 2) as Labeo angra .

Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by Coad (1981: 11); confirmed by Coad (2014: 172; 2015: 228).—Afghanistan materials: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Kabul River.—General distribution:Ganges and Brahmaputra River basins, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar.—Habitat: It is a benthopelagic and potamodromous species that inhabits rivers, lakes, and ponds. This is an herbivorous column-feeding species. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Locally commercially important.

Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan: Unknown.—IUCN: LC (Devi & Bogutskaya 2009b).—Threats: There are no threats currently known for this species.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as a keystone species.—Decline status: Stable.—Low priority for conservation action.