A new species of the genus Capoeta Valenciennes, 1842 from the Caspian Sea basin in Iran (Teleostei, Cyprinidae)
Autor: | Arash Jouladeh Roudbar, Soheil Eagderi, Hamid Reza Ghanavi, Ignacio Doadrio |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Zdroj: | ZooKeys, Vol 682, Iss , Pp 137-155 (2017) |
Druh dokumentu: | article |
ISSN: | 1313-2970 1313-2989 |
DOI: | 10.3897/zookeys.682.12670 |
Popis: | A new species of algae-scraping cyprinid of the genus Capoeta Valenciennes, 1842 is described from the Kheyroud River, located in the southern part of the Caspian Sea basin in Iran. The species differs from other members of this genus by a combination of the following characters: one pair of barbels; predorsal length equal to postdorsal length; maxillary barbel slightly smaller than eye’s horizontal diameter and reach to posterior margin of orbit; intranasal length slightly shorter than snout length; lateral line with 46–54 scales; 7–9 scales between dorsal-fin origin and lateral line, and 6–7 scales between anal-fin origin and lateral line. |
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