Capoeta kaput, Levin, Prokofiev & Roubenyan, 2019

Freyhof, JÖrg, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash & Kaya, Cüneyt, 2025, Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia, De Gruyter : 134

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111677811

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17819744

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C85F87D2-FF39-FF72-2885-FF5EFAEAFE24

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scientific name

Capoeta kaput
status

 

Capoeta kaput View in CoL

Common name. Blue scraper.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Capoeta in Caspian basin by: ● usually 9½ branched dorsal rays / ● flank bluish or bluish-green without small black spots, juveniles with large black blotches / ○ 54–63 total lateral-line scales / ○ 24–25 gill rakers. Size up to 900 mm SL.

Distribution. Caspian basin: Aras drainage.

Habitat. Larger rivers with moderate or fast-flowing water.

Biology. Feeds on detritus, periphyton, and occasionally small invertebrates.

Conservation status. LC.

Further reading. Levin et al. 2019 (description); Kaya 2019 (distribution); Kuljanishvili et al. 2020 (distribution).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Order

Cypriniformes

Family

Cyprinidae

Genus

Capoeta

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