Luciobarbus capito (Güldenstaedt, 1773)

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Luciobarbus capito (Güldenstaedt, 1773) – Native ( Fig. 143)

Cyprinus capito Güldenstädt [J. A. von] 1773: 519, 520; Type locality: Kura River, Transcaucasia. No types known.

Barbus lacertoides Kessler [K. F.] 1872: 51 [7]; Type locality: Khodzhent [Leninabad], Syr Darya River, Tajikistan. Syntypes: (5)?NMW 54235 (2), none at ZIN.

Cyprinus bulatmai Hablizl [C. L.] 1783: 6; Type locality: Enzelli (Enzeli, Bandar-e-Anzali), estuary of Enzeli River, Caspian Sea watershed in northern Iran. No types known.

Cyprinus chalybeus Walbaum [J. J.] (ex Hablizl) 1792: 24; Type locality: Enzelli (Enzeli, Bandar-e-Anzali), estuary of Enzeli River, Caspian Sea watershed in northern Iran. No types known.

Cyprinus chalybatus Pallas [P. S.] 1814: 292; Type locality: Southern Caspian Sea. No types known.

Barbus bilkewitschi Bulgakov [G. P.] 1923: 236; Type locality: Atrek River , southeastern watershed of Caspian Sea, Turkmenistan. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown.

Barbus capito serratus Sokolinskii [N. N.] 1927: 173; Type locality: Southern Caspian Sea. Syntypes: (9).

Barbus capito capito natio platycephalus Abdurakhmanov [Y. A.] 1960: 801; Type locality: Kura River basin. Syntypes: (28) whereabouts unknown.

Common name: Pr: Sas mahi-e sar bozorg, Zarde par, Orenj, Pr: Bulatmai barbel.

Diagnosis: Postdorsal length smaller than predorsal length, dorsal fin with 8 branched rays, back between head and dorsal origin laterally compressed, forming a keel and lower lip thin, without median lobe or pad.

Meristic characters: D: IV–V 7–9 (8), A: II–IV (III) 5–6 (5), P: 16–19, V: 7–8, GR: 12–18, LL: 53–61, TV: 43–49.

Distribution: Caspian Sea and Namak basins ( Fig. 144). Native population found in the Caspian Sea basin but translocated to Namak basin. Found in Jajurud, Sefidrud, Atrak, Tajan, Gorgan rud, Haraz, Babol, Siyahrud, Qezel ozan, Aras Rivers and Anzali Wetland.

Taxonomy: Berg (1949) placed in barbus, Bogutskaya and Naseka (2004) transferred to Luciobarbus .

Conservation: IUCN: Vulnerable A2cd ( Freyhof and Kottelat 2008w).