Capoeta damascina
Appearance
Capoeta damascina | |
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Scientific classification | |
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 or Mesopotamian barb, is a species of cyprinid fish from the Near East region. It is reported from Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey.[1] There are controversial views whether it is[3] or is not[1] found in Iran.
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
- ^ a b c Freyhof, J. 2014. Capoeta damascina. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. Downloaded on 06 January 2015.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Capoeta damascina". FishBase.
- ^ Coad, Brian W. Fishes of Tehran Province and Adjacent Areas. Tehran: Shabpareh Publishing Institute, 2009. ISBN 9786005038026
- ^ 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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