Capoeta erhani, also known as the Ceyhan scraper, is a Turkish species of freshwater cyprinid fish in the genus Capoeta.
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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. erhani
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It lives in the Ceyhan River drainage, 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).[3]
References edit
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Capoeta erhani" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Freyhof, J. 2014. Capoeta erhani. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Version 2014.3. Downloaded on 06 January 2015.
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