Species of fish
Capoeta banarescui. the Colchic scraper or Banarescu's barb, is a species of cyprinid fish known from Turkey. It inhabits swiftly flowing water with cobbles and pebbles bottom.[2][3]
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.[3]
References
- ^ Freyhof, J. (2014). "Capoeta banarescui". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T19024918A19222848. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19024918A19222848.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Capoeta banarescui" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- ^ a b 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
