''Capoeta capoeta'' is a species of West Asian

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, including forms called the Caucasian scraper. The scientific name is derived from the Georgian local name ''kapwaeti''. Some taxonomic authorities classify '' Capoeta sevangi'' as a subspecies.

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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 Transcaucasia, Iraq, Turkmenistan, in Armenia, particularly in lake Sevan and northern ...

Fish described in 1773 Taxa named by Johann Anton Güldenstädt {{Cyprininae-stub