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Capoeta caelestis Schöter, Özuluğ & Freyhof, 2009 Taurus scraper |
| Family: | Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps), subfamily: Barbinae | |||
| Max. size: | 19.6 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | benthopelagic; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | Asia: Göksu drainage in southern Anatolia, Turkey. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-13; Anal soft rays: 8-8; Vertebrae: 44-44. Distinguished from congeners in Turkey by the combination of the following characters: 60-68 total scales on lateral line; last simple dorsal-fin ray weak, slender, without serrae; one pair of barbels; body plain brown with few scattered small, indistinct black spots and blotches on body in some individual larger than 86 mm SL; 18-21 gill rakers on outer margin of first gill arch (Ref. 82790). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 03 February 2013 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||