Luciobarbus brachycephalus
Description
Luciobarbus brachycephalus (Kessler, 1872) [N]—Aral barbel
Taxonomy. Original description: Barbus brachycephalus Kessler, 1872: 52 [8], pl. 7, figs. 9–11 [Syr-Darya River, central Asia; syntypes: NMW 53971-73 (1, 2, 1); ZIN 5759 (1, not found in 2000), 5878 (1, not found in 1996 or 2000)].— Afghanistan synonyms: Barbus obtusirostris Yakovlev, 1870; Barbus platyrostris Kessler, 1874.— Revisions: Berg (1949: 702) as Barbus brachycephalus.—Illustration: Berg (1949: 703–704, figs. 457–459) as Barbus brachycephalus.
Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by Berg (1949: 705) as Barbus brachycephalus; confirmed by Maksumov (1971), Coad (1981: 9; 2014: 184; 2015: 228).—Afghanistan materials: None.
Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Amu Darya, Panj River.—General distribution: Aral Sea and western and southern Caspian Sea basins.—Habitat: This species lives in deep stretches with gravel or stone bottoms. Spawns in fast-flowing water at sites with a hard bottom, 1–2 m deep. Semi-anadromous and riverine populations. Anadromous, freshwater, brackish, marine.
Economic importance. Commercially important.
Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan: Unknown.—IUCN: VU (Freyhof & Kottelat 2008a).—Threats: FIT, CON, ABS.—High sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Decreasing.— High priority for conservation action.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Luciobarbus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Kessler
- Species
- brachycephalus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Luciobarbus brachycephalus (Kessler, 1872) sec. Çiçek, Fricke, Eagderi, Sungur, Coad & Hamdard, 2023
References
- Kessler, K. F. (1872) Ichthyological Fauna of Turkestan. Izvestiia Imperatorskago Obschchestva Liubitelei Estestvozaniia, Antropologii i Etnografii, 10 (1), 47 - 76, pls. 6 - 12.
- Kessler, K. F. (1874) Pisces. In: Fedtschensko's Expedition to Turkestan. Zoogeographical Researches. Izvestiia Imperatorskago Obschchestva Liubitelei Estestvozaniia, Antropologii i Etnografii, 11, pp. i - iv + 1 - 63, pls. 1 - 8. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 159366
- Berg, L. S. (1949) s. n. In: Ryby presnych vod SSSR i sopredelnych stan. [Freshwater fishes of the U. S. S. R. and adjacent countries]. Vol. 2. 4 th Edition. Opredeliteli po faune SSSR. [Guide to the Fauna of the U. S. S. R.], Moskva. Freshwater fishes of the U. S. S. R. and adjacent countries No. 29. Russian Academy of Sciences, USSR, Moskva, pp. 467 - 925. [in Russian, English translation appeared in Israel Program of Scientific Translation, Jerusalem, 1964, 496 pp.]
- Coad, B. W. (1981) Fishes of Afghanistan, an annoted checklist. National Museum of Canada Publications in Zoology, 14, i - v + 1 - 26.
- Coad, B. W. (2014) Fishes of Afghanistan. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia-Moscow. 393 pp.
- Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. (2008 a) Luciobarbus brachycephalus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2008, e. T 135684 A 4180293. https: // doi. org / 10.2305 / IUCN. UK. 2008. RLTS. T 135684 A 4180293. en