Capoeta erhani Turan, Kottelat & Ekmekci , 2008

Baycelebi, Esra, 2020, Distribution and diversity of fish from Seyhan, Ceyhan and Orontes river systems, Zoosystematics and Evolution 96 (2), pp. 747-767 : 747

Capoeta erhani Turan, Kottelat & Ekmekci, 2008

Common names.

Benekli Akdeniz sirazı * / Mediterranean scraper*.

Conservation.

Least Concern (LC).

Material examined.

FFR 01885 St. 33., - FFR 01955 St. 39., - FFR 01878 St. 57., - FFR 01883 St. 59., - FFR 01952 St. 59., - FSJF 2968 St. 71., - FSJF 2456 St. 74.

Distribution in the area.

Ceyhan River drainages and streams Çakıtsuyu-I, Üçürgesuyu-I (Seyhan River) in Turkey.

Taxonomic note.

Erk’akan and Özdemir (2011) and Özdemir (2013) emphasised that Capoeta turani (Seyhan) and C. erhani (Ceyhan) are synonyms of C. barroisi (Orontes); even Özdemir (2013) claimed that C. barroisi is a synonym of C. trutta (Tigris-Euphrates). Recent molecular ( Levin et al. 2012; Bektaş et al. 2017; 2019) and morphological ( Kaya 2019) data showed that C. erhani , C. barroisi and C. trutta are valid species, although they suggest that C. turani may be the synonym of C. turani . A detailed morphological examination is needed to clarify the taxonomic status of C. turani .