Capoeta svanetica, Roman, Afanasyev, Golub & Lietytska, 2022

Freyhof, JÖrg, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash & Kaya, Cüneyt, 2025, Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia, De Gruyter : 142-143

Capoeta svanetica

Common name. Luchunis scraper.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Capoeta in Black Sea basin by: ● last unbranched dorsal ray not serrated or with 7–9 serrae / ○ two pairs of barbels / ○ 70–74 total lateral-line scales / ○ 10–12 scale rows between lateral line and dorsal origin / ○ 7–8 scale rows between lateral line and anal

Capoeta tinca ; Sakarya drainage, Türkiye; 170 mm SL.

origin / ○ 12–15 gill rakers / ○ edge of lower jaw cornified / ○ lips narrow, not fleshy or pleated / ○ lower jaw monomorphic, wide and straight / ○ snout short and blunt. Size up to 136 mm SL, likely to grow larger.

Distribution. Georgia: Rioni drainage.

Habitat. A wide range of streams and rivers with moderate to fast-flowing water and sand, gravel and rock substrate. In reservoirs, it migrates upstream to spawn.

Biology. No data.

Conservation status. NE; due to very limited knowledge of this species.

Remarks. Capoeta svanetica is superficially very similar to the hybrid between C. capoeta and Barbus rionicus , and this possibility has not been rejected in its original description. Further reading. Roman et al. 2022 (description).

Capoeta tinca ; Susurluk drainage, Türkiye; 108 mm SL.