Capoeta baliki

Capoeta baliki
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Capoeta
Species: C. baliki
Binomial name
Capoeta baliki
Turan, Kottelat, Ekmekçi & İmamoğlu, 2006[1]

Capoeta baliki, "the fourbarbel scraper",[2] is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Turkey. It inhabits slowly flowing rivers, lakes and reservoirs.[1][3]

It is known from central Anatolia from two river systems draining north to the Black Sea. It was distinguished from Capoeta tinca (the Anatolian khramulya) as a separate species in 2006.[3] This distinction has been considered doubtful however.[2] The fish is found in many rivers and is often very abundant. It is used locally as a food fish.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Capoeta baliki" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Freyhof. J. (2014) Capoeta baliki IUCN Red List
  3. 3.0 3.1 Turan, D., Kottelat M., Ekmeci F. G., Imamoglu, H.O. (2006) A review of Capoeta tinca, with descriptions of two new species from Turkey (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) Revue Suisse De Zoologie 113, 421-436