Paracapoeta trutta
Appearance
Paracapoeta trutta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Cyprininae |
Genus: | Capoeta |
Species: | C. trutta
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Binomial name | |
Capoeta trutta | |
Synonyms | |
Scaphiodon trutta Heckel, 1843 |
Capoeta trutta, the longspine scraper, is a species cyprinid fish from the Middle East. It is known from inland waters in Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey, and is often quite abundant.[1]
It spawns in running waters, but inhabits in other times also many other habitats including reservoirs and marshes. Most commonly it is found in slowly running lowland rivers.[1]
Capoeta trutta is commonly used as a food fish.[1] It may grow up to 48 cm length.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d Capoeta trutta IUCN Red List, 2014
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Capoeta trutta". FishBase.