Capoeta


Capoeta, also known as scrapers, is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae found in Western Asia. The distribution extends from Turkey to the Levant, to Transcaucasia, Iraq, Turkmenistan, in Armenia, particularly in lake Sevan and northern Afghanistan. This genus is most closely related to Luciobarbus and in itself is divided into three morphologically, biogeographically and genetically distinct groups or clades: the Mesopotamian clade, the Anatolian-Iranian clade and the Aralo-Caspian clade. The Mesopotamian clade was split off to Paracapoeta in 2022.

Species

These are the currently recognized species in this genus:Capoeta aculeata Capoeta alborzensis Jouladeh-Roudbar, Eagderi, Ghanavi & Doadrio, 2016Capoeta antalyensis Capoeta aydinensis Turan, Küçük, Kaya, Güçlü & Bektaş 2017Capoeta banarescui Turan, Kottelat, Ekmekçi & İmamoğlu, 2006 Capoeta bergamae M. S. Karaman, 1969 Capoeta birunii Zareian & Esmaeili, 2017Capoeta buhsei Kessler, 1877 Capoeta caelestis Schöter, Özuluğ & Freyhof, 2009 Capoeta capoeta Capoeta coadi Alwan, Zareian & Esmaeili, 2016Capoeta damascina Capoeta ferdowsii Jouladeh-Roudbar, Eagderi, Murillo-Ramos, Ghanavi & Doadrio, 2017Capoeta fusca A. M. Nikolskii, 1897Capoeta gracilis Capoeta heratensis