Capoeta pestai (Pietschmann, 1933)
Eğirdir barb
Eğirdir barb,  Eğirdir marinka,  Longsnout scraper,  Siraz balığı
Capoeta pestai
photo by Gülle, İ,

Family:  Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps), subfamily: Barbinae
Max. size:  21.8 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  Asia: endemic to Turkey.
Diagnosis:   
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Critically Endangered (CR); Date assessed: 18 March 2013 (B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
Country info:  Type locality of Capoeta pestai Eğirdir Lake (Ref. 33021). Recorded from Çayköy Stream, Lake Eğirdir drainage, Isparta Province (Ref. 79811); Melendiz Creek, Belisırma, Aksaray (Ref. 93777). Central Anatolia (Ref. 106151). Status of threat: Critically endangered (Ref. 58342). Reported under the name Schizothorax prophylax, it is known from the Egridir Lake to have been undergoing severe decline due to habitat loss, eutrophication, pollution, construction of weirs/dams, water abstraction, and aquaculture/introduction of alien species (Ref. 58342).


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