Capoeta banarescui
| Capoeta banarescui | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Capoeta |
| Species: | C. banarescui |
| Binomial name | |
| Capoeta banarescui Turan, Kottelat, Ekmekçi & İmamoğlu, 2006[1] | |
Capoeta banarescui is a species of cyprinid fish known from Turkey. It inhabits swfitly flowing water with cobbles and pebbles bottom.[1][2]
It is only known from northeast Turkey from the Çoruh River system, which drains through Georgia to the Black Sea. It was distinguished from Capoeta tinca (the Anatolian khramulya) as an independent species in 2006.[2]
References
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Capoeta banarescui" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- 1 2 Turan, D., Kottelat M., Ekmeci F. G., Imamoglu, H.O. (2006) A review of Capoeta tinca, with descriptions of two new species from Turkey (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) Revue Suisse De Zoologie 113, 421-436
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