''Capoeta'', also known as scrapers, is a

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in the

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found in

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. The distribution extends from

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to the

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, to

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, in Armenia, particularly in lake Sevan and northern

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. This genus is most closely related to '' Luciobarbus'' and in itself is divided into three morphologically, biogeographically and genetically distinct groups or

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s: 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'' (

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, 1844) * '' Capoeta alborzensis'' Jouladeh-Roudbar, Eagderi, Ghanavi & Doadrio, 2016 * '' Capoeta antalyensis'' ( Hankó ( hu), 1925) * '' Capoeta aydinensis'' Turan, Küçük, Kaya, Güçlü & Bektaş 2017 * '' Capoeta banarescui'' Turan, Kottelat, Ekmekçi & İmamoğlu, 2006 * '' Capoeta bergamae'' M. S. Karaman ( sr), 1969 (Aegean scraper) * '' Capoeta buhsei'' Kessler, 1877 (Namak scraper) * '' Capoeta caelestis'' Schöter, Özuluğ & Freyhof, 2009 (Taurus scraper) * '' Capoeta capoeta'' ( Güldenstädt, 1773) (Caucasian scraper) * '' Capoeta coadi'' Alwan, Zareian & Esmaeili, 2016 * '' Capoeta damascina'' (Valenciennes, 1842) (Levantine scraper, Mesopotamian barb) * '' Capoeta ferdowsii'' Jouladeh-Roudbar, Eagderi, Murillo-Ramos, Ghanavi & Doadrio, 2017 * '' Capoeta fusca'' A. M. Nikolskii, 1897 * '' Capoeta gracilis'' ( Keyserling, 1861) * '' Capoeta heratensis'' (Keyserling, 1861) *'' Capoeta kaput'' Levin, Prokofiev & Roubenyan, 2019 * '' Capoeta macrolepis'' ( Heckel 1847) * '' Capoeta oguzelii'' Elp, Osmanoğlu, Kadak & Turan 2018 * '' Capoeta pestai'' ( Pietschmann, 1933) (Eğirdir longsnout scraper, Eğirdir barb) * '' Capoeta pyragyi'' Jouladeh-Roudbar, Eagderi, Murillo-Ramos, Ghanavi & Doadrio 2017 * '' Capoeta raghazensis'' Eagderi & Mousavi-Sabet, 2021 * '' Capoeta razii'' Jouladeh-Roudbar, Eagderi, Ghanavi & Doadrio, 2017 * '' Capoeta saadii'' ( Heckel, 1847) * '' Capoeta sevangi'' De Filippi, 1865 * '' Capoeta shajariani'' Jouladeh-Roudbar, Eagderi, Murillo-Ramos, Ghanavi & Doadrio 2017 * '' Capoeta sieboldii'' ( Steindachner, 1864) (nipple-lip scraper) * '' Capoeta svanetica'' Roman, Afanasyev, Golub & Lietytska, 2022 * '' Capoeta tinca'' (Heckel, 1843) (western fourbarbel scraper, Anatolian khramulya) * '' Capoeta umbla'' (Heckel, 1843) (Tigris scraper)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q139923 Barbinae Freshwater fish genera Taxa named by Achille Valenciennes Taxonomy articles created by Polbot