Capoeta heratensis ( 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 : 23

Capoeta heratensis ( Keyserling, 1861)

[N]— Herat capoeta

Taxonomy. Original description: Scaphiodon heratensis Keyserling, 1861: 11 [15], pl. 6 [Heri-rud at Herat, Afghanistan; no types preserved].— Afghanistan synonyms: Scaphiodon asmussii Keyserling, 1861 .— Revisions: Berg (1949: 681) as Varicorhinus capoeta heratensis .—Illustrations: Keyserling (1861: pl. 6) as Scaphiodon heratensis ; Berg (1949: 682, fig. 437) as Varicorhinus capoeta heratensis .

Status in Afghanistan. Recorded from Afghanistan in original description by Keyserling (1861: 11) as Scaphiodon heratensis ; confirmed by Coad (1981: 9; 2015: 227).—Afghanistan materials: BMNH, CMN.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Harirud, Murgab, Panj and Kunduz rivers.—General distribution:Middle East, South Asia:Hari-rud River basin ( Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Iran).—Habitat:This species inhabits rivers, lakes, reservoirs, ponds and ditches with stagnant or slow-flowing water. 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.