Capoeta aculeata

Capoeta aculeata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Cyprinidae
Subfamily:Cyprininae
Genus:Capoeta
Species: C. aculeata
Binomial name
Capoeta aculeata
Synonyms
  • Varicorhinus bergi Derjavin, 1929
  • Scaphiodon macrolepis Heckel, 1847 [2]

Capoeta aculeata is a cyprinid fish endemic to Iran. It is close to Capoeta capoeta and has sometimes been considered either synonymous with it or a subspecies Capoeta capoeta aculeata. However, Coad & Krupp concluded, on morphological grounds, that it deserves to be a valid species.[2]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Capoeta aculeata" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
  2. 1 2 Brian W. Coad & Friedhelm Krupp (1994) Capoeta aculeata (Valenciennes in Cuv. & Val., 1844), a valid species of cyprinid fish from Iran (Teleostei:Cyprinidae) Zoology in the Middle East 10:63-72.


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