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 or Mesopotamian barb, is a species of cyprinid fish from the Near East region. It is reported from Iraq, Israel, Jordania, 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, about 30 cm long, 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 be tasteless.[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.) (2006). "Capoeta damascina" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- ^ 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.
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