Capoeta svanetica, Roman, Afanasyev, Golub & Lietytska, 2022
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111677811 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C85F87D2-FF31-FF7A-2885-FE2BFAC1FD3E |
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Capoeta svanetica |
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Common name. Luchunis scraper.
Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Capoeta in Black Sea basin by: ● last unbranched dorsal ray not serrated or with 7–9 serrae / ○ two pairs of barbels / ○ 70–74 total lateral-line scales / ○ 10–12 scale rows between lateral line and dorsal origin / ○ 7–8 scale rows between lateral line and anal origin / ○ 12–15 gill rakers / ○ edge of lower jaw cornified / ○ lips narrow, not fleshy or pleated / ○ lower jaw monomorphic, wide and straight / ○ snout short and blunt. Size up to 136 mm SL, likely to grow larger.
Distribution. Georgia: Rioni drainage.
Habitat. A wide range of streams and rivers with moderate to fast-flowing water and sand, gravel and rock substrate. In reservoirs, it migrates upstream to spawn.
Biology. No data.
Conservation status. NE; due to very limited knowledge of this species.
Remarks. Capoeta svanetica is superficially very similar to the hybrid between C. capoeta and Barbus rionicus , and this possibility has not been rejected in its original description. Further reading. Roman et al. 2022 (description).
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