Capoeta damascina
| Capoeta damascina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Cyprininae |
| Genus: | Capoeta |
| Species: | C. damascina
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| Binomial name | |
| Capoeta damascina (Valenciennes, 1842)[2]
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Capoeta damascina, the Levantine scraper[1] or Mesopotamian barb, is a species of cyprinid fish from the Near East region. It is reported from Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iran and Turkey.[1][3]
It is a bottom feeding fish, up to 50 cm (1.6 ft) long but typically about 30 cm (1 ft), and it lives in lakes as well as both fast and slow-moving streams, and both in clear and muddy waters. It is said to have tasteless flesh and toxic eggs.[2] It has been recorded hybridising with Carasobarbus canis but these hybrids are sterile.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Freyhof, J. (2014). "Capoeta damascina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T19025707A19222873. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19025707A19222873.en. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Capoeta damascina". FishBase.
- ^ Raissy, M.; Ansari, M.; Lashkari, A.; Jalali, B. (2010-09-10). "Occurrence of parasites in selected fish species in Gandoman Lagoon,Iran". Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences. 9 (3): 464–471.
- ^ Borkenhagen K; Krupp F (2013). "Taxonomic revision of the genus Carasobarbus Karaman, 1971 (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae)". ZooKeys (339). Pensoft Publishers: 1–53. doi:10.3897/zookeys.339.4903. PMC 3800827. PMID 24146585.
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