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

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in the

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found in

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. The

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extends from

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to the

Levant The Levant ( ) is the subregion that borders the Eastern Mediterranean, Eastern Mediterranean sea to the west, and forms the core of West Asia and the political term, Middle East, ''Middle East''. In its narrowest sense, which is in use toda ...

, to

Transcaucasia The South Caucasus, also known as Transcaucasia or the Transcaucasus, is a geographical region on the border of Eastern Europe and West Asia, straddling the southern Caucasus Mountains. The South Caucasus roughly corresponds to modern Armenia, ...

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, in Armenia, particularly in lake Sevan and northern

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. This genus is most closely related to ''

Luciobarbus ''Luciobarbus'' is a genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Cyprinidae. Its members are found in fresh and brackish waters of southern Europe, northern Africa, the wider Near East, the Aral and Caspian Seas, and rivers associated with these. S ...

'' and in itself is divided into three morphologically, biogeographically and

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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 ''Paracapoeta'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae found in Mesopotamia, Cilicia and the Levant, Western Asia. This genus is closely related to ''Luciobarbus'' and was formerly the Mesopotamian clade of ''Capoeta'' before being split of ...

'' in 2022.

Species

These are the currently recognized species in this genus: * ''

Capoeta aculeata ''Capoeta aculeata'' is a cyprinid fish endemic to Iran. It is close to '' Capoeta capoeta'' and has sometimes been considered either synonymous with it or a subspecies ''Capoeta capoeta aculeata''. However, Coad & Krupp concluded, on morphologica ...

'' (

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, 1844) * ''

Capoeta alborzensis ''Capoeta alborzensis'' is a species of cyprinid in the genus ''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 Transcaucas ...

'' Jouladeh-Roudbar, Eagderi, Ghanavi & Doadrio, 2016 * ''

Capoeta antalyensis ''Capoeta antalyensis'', also known as the Antalya barb or Pamphylian scraper, is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found only in Turkey in the Aksu and Köprüçay River drainages, which flow south into the Gulf of A ...

'' ( Hankó ( hu), 1925) * ''

Capoeta aydinensis ''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 ...

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, Küçük,

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, Güçlü & Bektaş 2017 * '' Capoeta banarescui''

, Kottelat, Ekmekçi &

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, 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'' (

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, 1861) * ''

Capoeta heratensis ''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 ...

'' (Keyserling, 1861) *'' Capoeta kaput'' Levin,

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& Roubenyan, 2019 * ''

Capoeta macrolepis ''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 ...

'' ( Heckel 1847) * ''

Capoeta oguzelii ''Capoeta'', also known as scrapers, is a genus of fish in the family (biology), family Cyprinidae found in Western Asia. The range (biology), distribution extends from Turkey to the Levant, to Transcaucasia, Iraq, Turkmenistan, in Armenia, parti ...

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, 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 ''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 ...

'' Eagderi & Mousavi-Sabet, 2021 * ''

Capoeta razii ''Capoeta razii'', is a newly described species of freshwater cyprinid fish occurring mainly in the southern Caspian Sea basin, Iran. Material was copied from this source, which is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International L ...

'' 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'' (

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, 1864) (nipple-lip scraper) * ''

Capoeta svanetica ''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 ...

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, Golub & Lietytska, 2022 * ''

Capoeta tinca ''Capoeta tinca'', or the Anatolian khramulya or western fourbarbel scraper, is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Turkey, inhabiting swiftly flowing rivers. It is known from rivers draining north to the Sea of Marmara. Earlier ''Capoeta tin ...

'' (Heckel, 1843) (western fourbarbel scraper, Anatolian khramulya) * '' Capoeta umbla'' (Heckel, 1843) (Tigris scraper)

References

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