Schizothorax microcephalus Day, 1877

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 : 27

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5305.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:55EB7903-BB1A-45F9-9660-16DAF957C67A

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8097198

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CA1A3C-FFB0-FF91-38E2-1DFD89236178

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scientific name

Schizothorax microcephalus Day, 1877
status

 

Schizothorax microcephalus Day, 1877 View in CoL

[N]—Small-headed snowtrout

Taxonomy. Original description: Schizothorax microcephalus Day, 1877: 787 View in CoL [

Panja (Panjah), waters going to the Oxus, India, elevation 9000 feet; syntypes: ZSI 3200 (1, lost)].— Afghanistan

synonyms: None.—Revisions: None.—Illustration: Wu & Wu (1992: 505, fig. 138).

Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by Coad (1981: 13), possibly a synonym of S. intermedius ; confirmed by Coad (2014: 222; 2015: 228).—Afghanistan materials: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Panj River.—General distribution: India and Afghanistan.— 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

Loc

Schizothorax microcephalus Day, 1877

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Fricke, Ronald, Eagderi, Soheil, Sungur, Sevil, Coad, Brian W & Hamdard, Mohammad Hamid 2023
2023
Loc

Schizothorax microcephalus

Day 1877: 787
1877
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