| Family: |
Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps), subfamily: Barbinae |
| Max. size: |
20.32 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
Asia: Gamasiab, Dinevar, Qarasu, Khoram (Khoram Abad), Aran and Sarab-e Maran Rivers in the Tigris River drainage, Iran. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-14; Anal soft rays: 8-8. Capoeta shajariani differs from other congeners in Iran by following combination of characters, none of them unique: maxillary barbel not reaching to pupil; 4 unbranched and 8-9 branched dorsal-fin rays, its outer margin concave; last unbranched dorsal-fin ray moderately ossified and serrated with flexible distal, 18-26 serrae on 50-60% of its posterior margin; 16-19 gill rakers, 12-14 on lower limb; 25-27 scales around caudal peduncle; 70-77 scales on lateral line, 13-15 scales between dorsal-fin origin and lateral line and 9-11 scales between anal-fin origin and lateral line (Ref. 116759). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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