Gobio nigrescens ( Keyserling, 1861 )

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 : 33

Gobio nigrescens ( Keyserling, 1861)

[N]—Dusky gudgeon

Taxonomy. Original description: Bungia nigrescens Keyserling, 1861: 19 [22], pl. 8 [Harirud River at Herat, Afghanistan; no types preserved].— Afghanistan synonyms: None.—Revisions: Mousavi-Sabet et al. (2016).— Illustration: Keyserling (1861: pl. 8) as Bungia nigrescens .

Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by Keyserling (1861); confirmed by Coad (1981: 10, synonymised with Gobio gobio ).—Afghanistan materials: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Hari River basin.—General distribution: Hari River basin ( Afghanistan, Iran and Turkmenistan) and Amu Darya River basin ( Uzbekistan).—Habitat: This species inhabits a wide range of streams, rivers, and lakes, including canals and reservoirs. 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.—Not considered as a keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Low priority for conservation action.