Capoeta damascina explained

Capoeta damascina, the Levantine scraper 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] [2]}

It is a bottom feeding fish, up to long but typically about, 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. It has been recorded hybridising with Carasobarbus canis but these hybrids are sterile.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Freyhof, J. . 2014 . Capoeta damascina . e.T19025707A19222873 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19025707A19222873.en . 6 January 2015.
2. Raissy. M.. Ansari. M. . Lashkari. A.. Jalali. B.. 2010-09-10. Occurrence of parasites in selected fish species in Gandoman Lagoon,Iran. Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences. en. 9. 3. 464–471.
3. Borkenhagen K . Krupp F . 2013 . Taxonomic revision of the genus Carasobarbus Karaman, 1971 (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae) . ZooKeys . 339 . 1–53 . Pensoft Publishers . 10.3897/zookeys.339.4903. 3800827 . 24146585. free .