Capoeta capoeta (Guldenstadt, 1773)
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111677811 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17819727 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C85F87D2-FF21-FF6A-2885-FF5EFDCBFA01 |
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Felipe |
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Capoeta capoeta |
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Common name. Caucasian scraper.
Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Capoeta in Black and Caspian Sea basins by: ○ one pair of barbels / ○ 46–59 total lateral-line scales / ○ usually 8½ branched dorsal rays / ○ last unbranched dorsal ray strong, with many serrae / ○ 18 or more predorsal scales / ○ back behind head and in front of dorsal origin strongly compressed / ○ 44–47 total vertebrae / ○ 17–26 gill rakers / ○ lower and upper lips smooth and narrow / ○ edge of lower jaw cornified. Size up to 380 mm SL.
Distribution. Caspian basin: Kura and Aras drainages (including Lake Sevan). Black Sea basin: Çoruh ( Türkiye) northeast to Rioni ( Georgia). Lake Urmia basin.
Habitat. Stream and river habitats from coastal to mountain streams with gravel substrates. Also in lakes and reservoirs. Spawns in fast-flowing waters in rapids and riffles on gravel or sand; also on wave-washed lake shores; migrates to lake tributaries to spawn.
Capoeta coadi ; Karun drainage, Iran; 172 mm SL.
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