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分類 / Names 俗名 | 同種異名 | Catalog of Fishes(屬, 種) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei > Cypriniformes (Carps) 鯉形目 (Carps) > Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) 鯉科 (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 生態學
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 成熟度 | 繁殖 | 產卵場 | 卵 | 孕卵數 | 仔魚
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)
