Garra rossica ( Nikolskii, 1900 )

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 : 18

Garra rossica ( Nikolskii, 1900)

[N]— Garra

Taxonomy. Original description: Discognathus rossicus Nikolskii, 1900 : no page number, pl. 88, fig. 3 [Tedzhen River, Turkmenistan; rivers in eastern Iran; syntypes: ZIN 10365 (4, now 3), 11113 (6), 11703-05 (6+, 6, 6), 11708 (6)].— Afghanistan synonyms: Garra rossica ( Nikolskii, 1900) .—Revisions: Berg (1949: 674) as Discognathichthys rossicus .—Illustrations: Berg (1949: 674, figs. 430–431) as Discognathichthys rossicus, Nikolskii (1900 : pl. 88, fig. 3) as Discognathus rossicus .

Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by Berg (1949: 675) as Discognathichthys rossicus ; confirmed by Coad (1981: 10; 2014: 165).—Afghanistan materials: BMNH.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Tedzhen, Murgab, Koshk, Shelag Rivers.—General distribution: Middle East and South Asia: Turkmenistan, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.—Habitat: This species occurs in streams with stone beds. It is a benthopelagic species mostly found along the sides of streams where the water is slow and transparent. Freshwater.

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

Conservation. Conservation status inAfghanistan:Unknown.—IUCN:NE (2023).—Threats:Unknown.—Moderate sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as a keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Moderate priority for conservation action.