Tariqilabeo adiscus ( Annandale, 1919 )

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 : 20

Tariqilabeo adiscus ( Annandale, 1919)

[N]—Discless minnow

Taxonomy. Original description: Discognathus adiscus Annandale, 1919: 68 , pls. 10, fig. 2, 11, fig. 1 [Seistan, eastern Iran; holotype: ZSI F9763/1). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:107].— Afghanistan synonyms: Crossocheilus adiscus ( Annandale, 1919) ; Gonorhynchus adiscus ( Annandale, 1919) .—Revisions: Sayyadzadeh et al. (2015: 353) as Gonorhynchus adiscus .—Illustration: Annandale (1919: pl. 10, fig. 2, pl. 11, fig. 1); Sayyadzadeh et al. (2015: figs. 2–5) as Gonorhynchus adiscus .

Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by Coad (1981: 11 as Hemigarra elegans adiscus ); confirmed by Coad (2015: 228 as Gonorhynchus adiscus ).—Afghanistan materials: BMNH.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Sistan River.—General distribution: Middle East, South Asia: eastern Iran and Helmand River ( Afghanistan).—Habitat: This species occurs in freshwater streams. Freshwater.

Economic importance. 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.