''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. 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 v ...

, found only in

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. It used to be common across

Lake Eğirdir Eğirdir ( tr, Eğirdir Gölü, formerly ''Eğridir'') is a lake in the Lakes Region of Turkey. The town of Eğirdir lies near its southern end, 107 kilometers (67 mi) north of Antalya. With an area of it is the fourth largest lake in Turk ...

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