Capoeta saadii (Heckel, 1847)

Freyhof, JÖrg, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash & Kaya, Cüneyt, 2025, Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia, De Gruyter : 140

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111677811

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17819764

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Capoeta saadii
status

 

Capoeta saadii View in CoL

Common name. Shiraz scraper.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Capoeta in Persian Gulf basin south of Zohreh and in Iranian endor - heic basins by: ○ flank beige, golden or brown without small black spots, often with a lateral stripe, juveniles and some adults individuals with large black blotches / ○ 63–79 total lateral-line scales / ○ last unbranched dorsal ray soft or moderately ossified, shorter than head, with small serrae / ○ no groove in front of nares / ○ (7) 8–9½ branched dorsal rays / ○ 11–16 scales between lateral line and dorsal origin / ○ 7–10 scales between lateral line and pelvic origin / ○ 23–28 (29) circumpeduncular scales / ○ 11–17 gill rakers, usually 9–12 (15) on lower limb, 12–13 in Helleh drainage / ○ pectoral length 15–21 % SL. Size up to 384 mm SL.

Capoeta shajariani ; Gamasiab, Karkheh drainage, Iran; 149 mm SL.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Order

Cypriniformes

Family

Cyprinidae

Genus

Capoeta

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