Capoeta banarescui, Banarescu's barb

Capoeta banarescui Turan, Kottelat, Ekmekçi & Imamoglu, 2006

Banarescu's barb
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Barbinae
Etymology: Capoeta: The local vernacular name "kapwaeti" used in Georgia and Azerbaikhan (Ref. 45335); banarescui: Named for Petru Banarescu for his knowledge of the Turkish fish fauna.
Eponymy: Dr Petru Mihai Bănărescu (1921–2009) was a Romanian ichthyologist and naturalist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Turan, Kottelat, Ekmekçi & Imamoglu.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Subtropical

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Asia: Turkey.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm FL male/unsexed; (Ref. 57640); max. published weight: 838.00 g (Ref. 57640); max. reported age: 12 years (Ref. 57640)

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Vertebrae: 45 - 46. Diagnosis: Distinguished from its congeners by the combination of the following characters: two pairs of barbels; snout pointed; 64-77 lateral line scales; 12-14 rows of scales between lateral line and dorsal fin origin, 9-11 between lateral line and anal-fin origin; 12-16 gill rakers on first gill arch; shape of lower jaw not sexually dimorphic; head length 22.2-25.8% SL; depth of caudal peduncle 9.8-11.7% SL; head width at posterior margin of eye 49.4-58.2% HL; snout depth at nostril 29.7-35.I% HL; length of anterior barbel 12.4-20.8% HL and posterior barbel 18.4-28.8% HL (Ref. 57640).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabits swift flowing water, with cobbles and pebbles bottom. Feeds mainly on zoo- and phytoplankton, some invertebrate, algae and other aquatic plants. Reported to spawn between May and June in Çoruh. In stream Oltu, it reaches 40 cm FL, 838 g and 12 years; reaches sexual maturity at 2-3 years (Ref. 57640).

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Turan, D., M. Kottelat, F.G. Ekmekçi and H.O. Imamoglu, 2006. A revirew of Capoeta tinca, with descriptions of two new species from Turkey (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Rev. Suisse de Zoologie 113(2):421-436. (Ref. 57640)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 02 February 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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