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  | |
| 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 and 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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