Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Cyprinidae Scientific name Capoeta banarescui | Phylum Chordata Order Cypriniformes Genus Capoeta Rank Species | |
Similar Sevan khramulya, Barbus tauricus, Capoeta, Capoeta damascina, Tinca | ||
Capoeta banarescui is a species of cyprinid fish known from Turkey. It inhabits swfitly flowing water with cobbles and pebbles bottom.
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.
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