Capoeta pestai
Capoeta pestai, called the Eğirdir longsnout scraper or the Eğirdir barb, is a critically endangered freshwater fish species in the family Cyprinidae, found only in Turkey. It used to be common across Lake Eğirdir in central Anatolia, but survives only in one of the inflowing rivers.
| Capoeta pestai | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Cyprininae |
| Genus: | Capoeta |
| Species: | C. pestai |
| Binomial name | |
| Capoeta pestai (Pietschmann, 1933) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Varicorhinus pestai Pietschmann, 1933 | |
References
- Freyhof .J. (2014). "Capoeta pestai". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2014: e.T3785A19006339. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T3785A19006339.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Capoeta pestai" in FishBase. May 2014 version.
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