Paracobitis rhadinaea ( Regan, 1906 )

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 : 11

Paracobitis rhadinaea ( Regan, 1906)

[N]—Sistan loach

Taxonomy. Original description: Nemacheilus rhadinaeus Regan, 1906: 8 [Helmand River basin, Seistan; syntypes: BMNH 1905.11.29.28–29 (2); ZSI F1240/1 (1)].— Afghanistan synonyms: Nemacheilus rhadinaeus Regan, 1906 ; Paracobitis rhadinaeus ( Regan, 1906) ; Paracobitis vignai Nalbant & Bianco, 1998 ; Nemachilus macmahoni Chaudhuri, 1910 .—Revisions: Bănărescu & Nalbant 1995:443 as Paracobitis rhadinaeus, Freyhof et al. (2014: 21) .—Illustration: Freyhof et al. (2014: 22, fig. 10).

Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by Banarescu and Nalbant (1966); confirmed by Coad (1981: 15 as Noemacheilus (Paracobitis) rhadineus ; 2014: 255 as Paracobitis vignai ; 2015: 229).—Afghanistan materials: BMNH, ZMUC, ZSI.

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Sistan, Helmand, Tedzhen and Murgab Rivers.—General distribution: Middle East and South Asia: Helmand River, Sistan basin ( Iran, Afghanistan).—Habitat: This species occurs in streams with moderately to fast flowing freshwater in both mountainous and lowlands. Freshwater.

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.