Labeo dyocheilus ( McClelland, 1839 )

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 : 19

Labeo dyocheilus ( McClelland, 1839)

[N]—Ghora mach

Taxonomy. Original description: Cyprinus dyocheilus McClelland, 1839: 331 , 391 [Brahmaputra River, from Assam to rapids at the extremity of the valley, India; no types known].— Afghanistan synonyms: Gobio bicolor McClelland, 1839 ; Labeo kunki Chaudhuri, 1912 ; Labeo dyocheilus pakistanicus Mirza & Awan, 1976 ; Osteochilus sondhii Hora & Mukerji, 1934 ; Labeo tezpurensis Chaudhuri, 1912 .—Revisions: None.— Illustration: Talwar & Jhingran (1991: 207, fig. 75).

Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by McClelland (1842: 574) as Gobio bicolor ; confirmed by Coad (1981: 11; 2014: 172; 2015: 228).—Afghanistan materials: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Kabul River.—General distribution: South Asia: Afghanistan, India, and Nepal to Myanmar.—Habitat: This species inhabits the clear, active currents of large rivers. Increasing day length and water temperature are favorable for ovarian development in females under both captive and wild conditions, and they breed during the monsoon season. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Commercially important.

Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan: Unknown.—IUCN: LC ( Dahanukar 2010b).—Threats: No known widespread major threats to the species.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as a keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Low priority for conservation action.