Devario devario ( Hamilton, 1822 )

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 : 30

Devario devario ( Hamilton, 1822)

[N]— Sind danio

Taxonomy. Original description: Cyprinus devario Hamilton, 1822: 341 , 393, pl. 6, fig. 94 (Bengal; no types preserved).— Afghanistan synonyms: Danio devario ( Hamilton, 1822) ; Devario macclellandi Bleeker, 1860 ; Devario macclellandi Bleeker, 1860 .—Revisions: Fang et al. (2009: 17).—Illustration: Hamilton (1822: pl. 6, fig. 94) as Cyprinus devario ; Britz (2019: pl. 208).

Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by McClelland (1842: 575) as Perilampus ostreographus ; confirmed by Coad (1981: 10; 2014: 159; 2015: 227).—Afghanistan materials: BMNH.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Kabul River.—General distribution: Afghanistan, Pakistan, northern and north-eastern India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Nepal.—Habitat: The species is found in streams in the plains and submontane regions. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Valuable for the aquarium trade.

Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan: Unknown.—IUCN: LC (Vishwanath 2010b).—Threats: No information available, although general habitat destruction may cause significant decline in its population.— Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as a keystone species.—Decline status: Stable.—Low priority for conservation action.