Capoeta kaput Levin, Prokofiev & Roubenyan, 2019

Kaya, Cueneyt, Baycelebi, Esra & Turan, Davut, 2020, Taxonomic assessment and distribution of fishes in upper Kura and Aras river drainages, Zoosystematics and Evolution 96 (2), pp. 325-344 : 325

Capoeta kaput Levin, Prokofiev & Roubenyan, 2019 Fig. 2c

Common / local names.

Blue Aras scraper* / Mavi Aras sirazı *.

IUCN status.

Not evaluated (NE).

Examined material.

FFR 1835, B-20 canal at Aralık, Aras drainage, 39.8936N, 44.5256E.

Distribution in the area.

Capoeta kaput was found only in B-20 canal. The species was described from Aras River in Armenia ( Levin et al. 2019). Recently, it has been recorded from Aras River in Turkey ( Kaya 2019).

Figures

Figure 2. Native Cyprinid species collected in the area, a, Barbus cyri from Kura River at Yalnizcam; b, Capoeta capoeta from stream Kars, Aras; c, Capoeta kaput from B- 20 canal, Aras; d, Luciobarbus capito from stream Gaziler, Aras; e, Luciobarbus mursa from stream Gaziler, Aras.