Paracapoeta erhani, also known as the Ceyhan scraper or Seyhan scraper, is a Turkish species of freshwater cyprinid fish in the genus Paracapoeta.

Paracapoeta erhani
Lateral views of Paracapoeta erhani from various streams in its range. d at the bottom is from the type locality of C. turani
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Paracapoeta
Species:
P. erhani
Binomial name
Paracapoeta erhani
Synonyms[4]
  • Capoeta erhani Turan, Kottelat & Ekmekçi, 2008
  • Capoeta turani Özuluğ & Freyhof, 2008

It lives in the drainage basins of the Ceyhan and Seyhan Rivers, in many kinds of streams and also in reservoirs. These waters are in a relatively good ecological shape, and the species is therefore considered to be safe (least concern).[1] The Seyhan population, formerly classified as Capoeta turani was classified as Near Threatened[5] before being synonymised, which happened in the same paper that erected Paracapoeta in 2022.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Freyhof, J. (2014). "Capoeta erhani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T19025830A19222878. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19025830A19222878.en. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Capoeta erhani". FishBase.
  3. ^ Turan, Davut M.; Kottelat, Maurice; Ekmekçi, F. Güler (2008). "Capoeta erhani, a new species of cyprinid fish from Ceyhan River, Turkey (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 19 (3). München: Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil: 263–270. ISSN 0936-9902. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  4. ^ a b Turan, Davut; Kaya, Cüneyt; Aksu, İsmail; Bektaş, Yusuf (2022). "Paracapoeta, a new genus of the Cyprinidae from Mesopotamia, Cilicia and Levant (Teleostei, Cypriniformes)". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 98 (2): 201–212. doi:10.3897/ZSE.98.81463.
  5. ^ Freyhof, J. (2014). "Capoeta turani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T19027543A19222913. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19027543A19222913.en. Retrieved 6 January 2015.