Capoeta ferdowsii

biology_ecology

Habitat. Medium to fast-flowing rivers with sand, gravel, or mud substrate. Biology. No data.

Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia

diagnosis

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Capoeta in Karkheh, Karun and Zohreh drainages by: ○ flank beige, golden or brown without small black spots, juveniles and some adults individuals with large black blotches / ○ usually 9 ½ branched dorsal rays / ○ last unbranched dorsal ray shorter than head, weakly ossified and serrated / ○ 71 – 80 lateral-line scales / ○ 13 – 17 scales between dorsal origin and lateral line / ○ 8 – 11 scales between anal origin and lateral line / ○ 26 – 30 encircling least circumference of caudal peduncle / ○ 13 – 15 gill rakers, 10 – 12 on lower limb / ○ no groove in front of nares / ○ head depth at eye 90 – 102 % of postorbital length. Size up to 170 mm SL, likely to grow much larger.

Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia

description

Common name. Zohreh scraper-Ferdowsi scraper Taxonomy. Original description: Capoeta ferdowsii Jouladeh-Roudbar, Eagderi, Murillo-Ramos, Ghanavi & Doadrio, 2017: 138, figs. 3 - 6, 8 [Tang-e Shiv River at Bekr sofla village, Zohreh River drainage, Tigris River basin, Fars Province, Iran, 30 ° 25 ' 26 " N, 51 ° 21 ' 55 " E; holotype: IMNRF-UT 1111 - 61]. Revisions. None. Illustrations. Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2017: 138, fig. 3).

Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022)

distribution

Distribution in Iran. — Distribution in River Basin: Zohreh. — Distribution in Ecoregions: 442 - Upper Tigris & Euphrates. Status in Iran. [Endemic]. — Siyah mahi-e Ferdowsi. — Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022). — Iran material: IMNRF, ZM-CBSU. Conservation. — IUCN: NE.

Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022)