Capoeta oguzelii, Elp, Osmanoglu, Kadak & Turan, 2018

Freyhof, JÖrg, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash & Kaya, Cüneyt, 2025, Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia, De Gruyter : 135-136

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111677811

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17819752

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Capoeta oguzelii
status

 

Capoeta oguzelii View in CoL

Common name. Ezine scraper.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Capoeta in Black Sea basin by: ○ lower jaw strongly arched, without cornified edge / ○ 7–10 gill rakers / ○ 7½ branched anal rays / ○ one pair of barbels / ○ last unbranched dorsal ray weakly

Distribution. Iran: Helleh and Mond drainages.

Habitat. Small rivers and streams with sand or gravel bottoms. Usually in medium or fast-flowing clear or muddy waters.

Biology. Lives up to 6 years. Spawns in spring, most likely May−June.

Conservation status. LC.

Further reading. Bianco & Bănărescu 1982 (description); Zareian et al. 2018 (description).

ossified, its posterior edge of with 0–8 serrae / ○ 68–82 total lateral-line scales. Size up to 139 mm SL.

Distribution. Türkiye: Upper reaches of Ezine ( Kastamonu).

Habitat. Streams with moderate, slow-flowing water and a gravel, sandy or muddy bottom.

Biology. No data.

Capoeta pestai ; Lake Eğirdir basin, Türkiye; 210 mm SL.

Conservation status. CR; only a few small villages around type locality. Sudden pollution or desiccation may cause immediate extinction.

Further reading. Elp et al. 2018 (description); Kaya 2019 (distribution, conservation).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Order

Cypriniformes

Family

Cyprinidae

Genus

Capoeta

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