Capoeta Valenciennes, 1842

Turan, Davut, Kaya, Cueneyt, Aksu, Ismail & Bektas, Yusuf, 2022, Paracapoeta, a new genus of the Cyprinidae from Mesopotamia, Cilicia and Levant (Teleostei, Cypriniformes), Zoosystematics and Evolution 98 (2), pp. 201-212 : 201

Capoeta Valenciennes, 1842

Rediagnosis.

The body fusiform and slightly compressed laterally. In adult individuals, the general body color is brownish, and without dark brown or blackish spots (except C. pestai ). The head plain brownish, and no black spots on head and cheek. The mouth inferior, mouth transversely slit or horseshoe-shaped. Lips not developed and lower lip with keratinize edge. One or two pairs of barbel around the mouth. The last simple dorsal-fin slightly or moderately ossified (less than %75) and its posterior edge serrated (except C. antalyensis ). No or very weak ligament between the base of the last simple and the first branched rays of the dorsal-fin. There are melanophore rows on the posterior edge of the flank scales. There is no keel in predorsal area, in front of dorsal-fin.

Type species.

Cyprinus capoeta Güldenstädt, 1773 [actual status of the type species is Capoeta capoeta ( Güldenstädt, 1773)].

Included species.

Capoeta aculeata , C. antalyensis , C. aydinensis , C. banarescui , C. bergamae , C. buhsei , C. caelestis , C. capoeta , C. coadi , C. damascina , C. ekmekciae , C. ferdowsii , C. fusca , C. gracilis , C. heratensis , C. kaput , C. macrolepis , C. oguzelii , C. pestai , C. pyragyi , C. razii , C. saadii , C. sevangi, C. shajariani, C. sieboldii , C. tinca , C. umbla .

Distribution.

Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Palestine, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan: The genus Capoeta has a wide distribution in the Mediterranean, Middle East, Caucasus and South-West Asia.