Capoeta pestai
| Capoeta pestai | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Capoeta |
| Species: | C. pestai |
| Binomial name | |
| Capoeta pestai (Pietschmann, 1933) | |
Capoeta pestai, called the "Eğirdir longsnout scraper", or the "siraz baligi", is a critically endangered freshwater fish species in the Cyprinidae family, found only in Turkey. It used to be common across Lake Eğirdir in central Anatolia, but survives only in one of the inflowing rivers.
References
- Freyhof .J. (2013). "Capoeta pestai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Capoeta pestai" in FishBase. May 2014 version.