Alburnus taeniatus Kessler, 1874

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 : 34

Alburnus taeniatus Kessler, 1874

[N]—Striped bystryanka

Taxonomy. Original description: Alburnus taeniatus Kessler, 1874: 26 [Syr-daria River, Turkestan ( Kazakhstan); no types at ZIN].— Afghanistan synonyms: Alburnoides taeniatus ( Kessler, 1874) ; Chalcalburnus chalcoides schischkovi Drensky, 1943 ; Chalcalburnus schischkovi Drensky, 1943 .—Revisions: Berg (1949: 760) as Alburnoides taeniatus .—Illustration: Berg (1949: 760-76, figs. 520–523) as Alburnoides taeniatus .

Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by Moravec and Amin (1978); confirmed by Coad (1981: 8; 2015: 227) as Alburnoides taeniatus .—Afghanistan materials: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Kunduz River and Khanabat River.—General distribution: North Asia, Middle East: Amu Darya basin and rivers in Kazakhstan and Iran.—Habitat: The main biotope of this species is river margins with slow water flow and developed underwater vegetation on a clay-silty bottom. Spawning grounds are located in coastal strips of lakes with abundant flooded vegetation. Spawning occurs at shallow depths. Freshwater.

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan: Unknown.—IUCN: DD ( Karimov 2020c).—Threats: CON, HAB, EUT.—Moderate sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as a keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Low priority for conservation action.