Capoeta trutta | |
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Conservation status
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Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Cyprininae |
Genus: | Capoeta |
Species: | C. trutta
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Binomial name | |
Capoeta trutta (Heckel, 1843)[2]
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Synonyms | |
Scaphiodon trutta Heckel, 1843 |
Capoeta trutta, the longspine scraper, is a species cyprinid fish from the Middle East. It is known from inland waters in Iran, Iraq, Syria Armenia and Turkey, and is often quite abundant.[1]
It spawns in running waters, but inhabits in other times also many other habitats including reservoirs and marshes. Most commonly it is found in slowly running lowland rivers.[1]
Capoeta trutta is commonly used as a food fish.[1] It may grow up to 48 cm length.[2]