Capoeta erhani
Capoeta erhani, also known as the Ceyhan scraper, is a Turkish species of freshwater cyprinid fish in the genus Capoeta.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Cyprininae |
Genus: | Capoeta |
Species: | C. erhani |
Binomial name | |
Capoeta erhani | |
It lives in the Ceyhan River drainage, in many kinds of streams and also in reservoirs. These waters are in a relatively good ecological shape, and the species is therefore considered to be safe (least concern).[3]
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Capoeta erhani" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- Turan, Davut M.; Kottelat, Maurice; Ekmekçi, F. Güler (2008). "Capoeta erhani, a new species of cyprinid fish from Ceyhan River, Turkey (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. München: Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. 19 (3): 263–270. ISSN 0936-9902. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- Freyhof, J. 2014. Capoeta erhani. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Version 2014.3. Downloaded on 06 January 2015.
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