''Capoeta gracilis'' is a
species of
fish in the
family Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest verte ...
found in
Western Asia. It is part of the large-scaled ''
Capoeta capoeta
''Capoeta capoeta'' is a species of West Asian cyprinid fish, including forms called the Caucasian scraper. The scientific name is derived from the Georgian and Azeri local name ''kapwaeti''.
Some taxonomic authorities classify Capoeta sevangi a ...
'' clade or complex of species in the genus ''
Capoeta''.
[Zareian, H., Esmaeili, H.R., Heidari, A., M. R. Khoshkholgh, M.R. & Mousavi-Sabet, H. (2016)]
Contribution to the molecular systematics of the genus ''Capoeta'' from the south Caspian Sea basin using mitochondrial cytochrome b sequences (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
''Molecular Biology Research Communications, 5 (2): 65-75.''
References
Capoeta
Fish described in 1861
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