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Cypriniformes (Carps) >
Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Barbinae
Etymology: Capoeta: The local vernacular name "kapwaeti" used in Georgia and Azerbaikhan (Ref. 45335); alborzensis: Named for the Alborz Mountains (Tehran Province, Iran), where the Nam River is originated..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic; depth range 0 - 2 m (Ref. 129198). Subtropical
Distribution
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Asia: Iran.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 129198)
Short description
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This species is distinguished from its congeners of Iran by the following set of characters, none of which are unique: barbels only one pair; snout rounded; lateral line scales 39-44; scales rows between lateral line and dorsal-fin origin 6-8 and between lateral line and anal-fin origin 5-8; gill rakers on the first gill arch 19-22; mouth small and transverse; prepelvic length 53-56 %SL; snout length 31-39 %SL; short barbel, 10-12% HL (Ref. 129198).
Occurs in large streams and is more frequent in the main flow of large rivers. Its type locality, the Nam River has a temperatureof 24°C, with pH 7.1 and conductivity of 0.675 μS,. The current was medium to fast, river width about 2-17 m, with maximum depth up to 1.5 m, the shore is grassy, and with gravel as stream-bed. Associated fishes found in the type locality were Capoeta buhsei, Alburnoides coadi, Barbus miliaris, Squalius namak, Oncorhynchus mykiss, and Paracobitis malapterura (Ref. 129198).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Jouladeh-Roudbar, A., S. Eagderi, H.R. Ghanavi and I. Doadrio, 2016. Taxonomic review of the genus Capoeta Valenciennes, 1842 (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae) from central Iran with the description of a new species. FishTaxa 1(3):166-175. (Ref. 129198)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 2.6 ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
