Capoeta erhani

Capoeta erhani, also known as the Ceyhan scraper, is a Turkish species of freshwater cyprinid fish in the genus Capoeta.

Capoeta erhani
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Cyprininae
Genus: Capoeta
Species:
C. erhani
Binomial name
Capoeta erhani
Turan, Kottelat & Ekmekçi, 2008[1][2]

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

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Capoeta erhani" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
  2. 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.
  3. Freyhof, J. 2014. Capoeta erhani. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Version 2014.3. Downloaded on 06 January 2015.


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