Capoeta sieboldi (Steindachner, 1864)

Roman, A., Afanasyev, S., Golub, O. & Lietytska, O., 2022, Capoeta Svanetica (Teleostei, Cyprinidae), A New Species From The Luchunis River (Rioni River Drainage) In Georgia, Zoodiversity 56 (2), pp. 117-134 : 128

Capoeta sieboldi (Steindachner, 1864)

Types. No types known.

T y p e L o c a l i t y. Amasya.

Diagnosis. Meristic characters (tables 1–4): D: III–IV 8–9 (8.0), P: I 15–16, V: I 8–9, A: III 5½, lateral line: 52–60 (55.8), scales number above/below lateral line: 9–11 (9.6)/8–10 (8.9).

C. sieboldi is distinguished from other Capoeta species of East and South-East Black Sea rivers ( C. svanetica sp. n., C. oguzelii , C. banarescui , C. baliki , C. ekmekciae , and also from C. tinca of Marmara Sea basin) by the combination of the following characters: one pair of barbels are present (only C. oguzelii have also one barbels pair); lower lip is fringed; scales large, only 52–60 total lateral line scales (all other compared Capoeta species of East and South-East Black Sea rivers have more than 64 scales); 9–11 scales rows above lateral line (fewer than for all other compared Capoeta species of East and South-East Black Sea rivers) as well as fewer gill rakers on the first-gill arch number (28–33 (30.1)).

Distribution. C. sieboldi is known from the western South Caucasus to the Sakarya River ( Turan et al., 2006 a). Later this species is noted in the Chorokh, Yesilırmak, and Sakarya rivers in Turkey ( Elp et al., 2018) and total for Georgia ( Kuljanishvili et al., 2020).