''Capoeta sevangi'' is a

cyprinid Cyprinidae is a Family (biology), family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family, including the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives the barb (fish), barbs and barbel (fish), barbels, among others. Cyprinidae is the ...

fish endemic to

Lake Sevan Lake Sevan () is the largest body of water in both Armenia and the Caucasus region. It is one of the largest freshwater Alpine lake, high-altitude (alpine) lakes in Eurasia. The lake is situated in Gegharkunik Province, at an altitude of abov ...

Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...

. Some taxonomic authorities classify it as a subspecies of '' Capoeta capoeta''. It previously dominated in the fish landings, along with the

Sevan trout The Sevan trout (''Salmo ishkhan'') is an endemic fish species of Lake Sevan in Armenia, known as ishkhan (իշխան, ) in Armenian. It is a salmonid fish related to the brown trout. The fish is endangered, because various competitors were int ...

. Annual harvest could be 300-500 tonnes. Males reach maturity at 2–3 years and females in 5–7 years in females. They spawn in the lake in June–July, but there are also populations in the major rivers draining to the lake. The fish feed on detritus and as adults also on aquatic vegetation.B. Gabrielyan
Sevan khramulya — Varicorhinus capoeta sevangi (Filippi, 1865)
Red Book of Armenia www.mnp.am Since 1936, with the gradual deterioration of reproduction conditions due to the permanent exposure of many spawning grounds, and with many spawning grounds in rivers lost, khramulya stocks in Sevan have gradually declined,Savvaitova & Peter

www.fao.org then sharply decreased.

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sevangi Fish described in 1865 Taxa named by Filippo De Filippi {{Cyprininae-stub