''Capoeta pestai'', called the Eğirdir longsnout scraper or the Eğirdir barb, is a critically endangered freshwater fish species in the family

Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family, including the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives the barbs and barbels, among others. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family, and t ...

, found only in

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

. It used to be common across

Lake Eğirdir Eğirdir (, formerly ''Eğridir'') is a lake in the Lakes Region of Turkey. The town of Eğirdir lies near its southern end, north of Antalya. With an area of it is the fourth largest lake in Turkey, and the second largest freshwater lake. ...

in central Anatolia, but survives only in one of the inflowing rivers. It was forced out of

by a combination of overfishing, irrigation, destruction of its habitat, and the induction of predatory alien fish species.

References

* * Pestai Endemic fauna of Turkey Fish described in 1933 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Viktor Pietschmann {{Cyprininae-stub