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Capoeta damascina
Species of fish / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Capoeta damascina, the Levantine scraper[1] or Mesopotamian barb, is a species of cyprinid fish from the Near East region. It is reported from Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iran and Turkey.[1][3]
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Capoeta damascina | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Cyprininae |
Genus: | Capoeta |
Species: | C. damascina |
Binomial name | |
Capoeta damascina (Valenciennes, 1842)[2] | |
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It is a bottom feeding fish, up to 50 cm (1.6 ft) long but typically about 30 cm (1 ft), and it lives in lakes as well as both fast and slow-moving streams, and both in clear and muddy waters. It is said to have tasteless flesh and toxic eggs.[2] It has been recorded hybridising with Carasobarbus canis but these hybrids are sterile.[4]
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