Capoeta damascina

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Capoeta damascina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Capoeta
Species:
C. damascina
Binomial name
Capoeta damascina
(Valenciennes, 1842) [2]
Synonyms [1]
  • Barbus belayewiMenon, 1960
  • Capoeta angorae(Hankó, 1925)
  • Chondrostoma syriacumValenciennes, 1844
  • Gobio damascinusValenciennes, 1842
  • Scaphiodon fraterculaHeckel, 1843
  • Scaphiodon peregrinorumHeckel, 1843
  • Scaphiodon socialisHeckel, 1843
  • Varicorhinus capoeta angorae

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]

Carasobarbus canis x Capoeta damascina Carasobarbus canis x Capoeta damascina - ZooKeys-339-001-g028.jpg
Carasobarbus canis x Capoeta damascina

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Capoeta damascina". FishBase .
  3. 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.
  4. 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.