Capoeta erhani, Turan, Kottelat & Ekmekci, 2008

Freyhof, JÖrg, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash & Kaya, Cüneyt, 2025, Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia, De Gruyter : 130-131

Capoeta erhani

Common name. Cilician scraper.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Capoeta in Mediterranean basin by: ○ one pair of barbels / ○ 63–79 total scales in lateral line / ○ flank silvery or brown with many small black spots / ○ black spots on dorsal head about equally sized than on predorsal body / ○ pelvic–hypural distance when carried forward, falling in-between midpoint of nostril-the tip of snout and center of eye / ○ last unbranched dorsal ray very strongly ossified, strongly serrated / ○ 25–30 gill rakers / ○ predorsal keel elevated. Size up to 320 mm SL.

Distribution. Türkiye: Seyhan and Ceyhan drainages.

Habitat. Wide range of moderately to rapidly flowing streams and rivers with sandy, gravelly, or rocky bottoms. Common in reservoirs and large rivers.

Biology. Lives up to 5 years.

Conservation status. LC.

Remarks. Capoeta turani was described from Seyhan, but later studies found that the diagnostic characters overlap to a large extent. It is treated as a synonym of C. erhani .

Further reading. Turan et al. 2008b (description); Özuluğ & Freyhof 2008b (description as C. turani ); Geiger et al. 2014; Bektaş et al. 2017 (phylogeny); Turan et al. 2022a ( C. turani as a synonym of C. erhani ).

Capoeta ferdowsii ; Zohreh drainage, Iran; ~ 130 mm SL.