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Capoeta damascina

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Capoeta damascina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Capoeta
Species:
C. damascina
Binomial name
Capoeta damascina

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

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b 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.