Capoeta damascina (Valenciennes, 1842)

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Capoeta damascina (Valenciennes, 1842) – Native ( Fig. 71)

Varicorhinus capoeta angorae Hankó [B.] 1925: 147; Type locality: Bozanti , Asia Minor. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown.

Scaphiodon fratercula Heckel [J. J.] 1843: 1059 [69]; Type locality: Damascus, Syria. No types at NMW.

Scaphiodon peregrinorum Heckel [J. J.] 1843: 1061 [71]; Type locality: Aleppo, Syria. Syntypes: NMW 51658 (1), 51660–65 (1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1);?RMNH 2681 [ex NMW] (3) Aleppo.

Scaphiodon socialis Heckel [J. J.] 1843: 1061 [71]; Type locality: Damascus, Syria. Syntypes or holotype: NMW 55855 (1).

Chondrostoma syriacum Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1844: 407; Type locality: Abraham’s River at foot of Mount Sinai, Egypt. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000–1945.

Barbus belayewi Menon [M. A. S.] 1960: 144; Type locality: Tigris River, Bagdad, Iraq. Holotype: ZSI-F1046/2. Paratypes: ZSI-F1047/2 (1).

Common name: Pr: Siyah mahi Dameshghi, Tu’ini, En: Damascus scarper, Levantine scraper.

Diagnosis: Commonly 9 branched rays on dorsal fin and the presence of large black blotches on the flank.

Meristic characters: D: IV–V (IV) 8–10 (9), A: III 5–6 (5), P: 17–21 (18–20), V: 9–10 (10), GR: 12–15, LL: 61–82 (70–74), TV: 44–47.

Distribution: Tigris basin ( Fig. 72). Found in Sirvan River. Several previous authors reported populations of this species from most of Iran, but all these populations belong to other, closely related species, the majority of which have now been described (i.e., C.shajariani , C. pyragyi , and C. coadi ).

Taxonomy: Goren (1974) placed in Capoeta .

Conservation: IUCN: Least Concern ( Freyhof 2014f).