Capoeta trutta, the longspine scraper, is a species cyprinid fish from the Middle East. It is known from inland waters in Iran, Iraq, Syria Armenia and Turkey, and is often quite abundant.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Cyprininae |
| Genus: | Capoeta |
| Species: | C. trutta
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Scaphiodon trutta Heckel, 1843 | |
It spawns in running waters, but inhabits in other times also many other habitats including reservoirs and marshes. Most commonly it is found in slowly running lowland rivers.[1]
Capoeta trutta is commonly used as a food fish.[1] It may grow up to 48 cm length.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b c d Capoeta trutta IUCN Red List, 2014
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Capoeta trutta" in FishBase. April 2015 version.
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