Capoeta umbla (Heckel, 1843)

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Sungur, Sevil, Fricke, Ronald & Seçer, Burak, 2023, Freshwater lampreys and fishes of Türkiye; an annotated checklist, 2023, Turkish Journal of Zoology 47 (6), pp. 324-468 : 371

Capoeta umbla (Heckel, 1843) [N] ― Tigris scraper/ Siraz balığı

Taxonomy. Original description: Scaphiodon umbla Heckel, 1843a: 1060 (70) [Tigris River, Mosul, Iraq; syntypes: NMW 55932-33 (1, 1), 79373-74 (1, 1, both dry); SMF 6777 (1, dry)]. ― Synonyms: None. ― Revisions: Esmaeili et al. (2016: 36). ― Illustration: Heckel (1843b: pl. 5, fig. 3).

Status in Türkiye. Listed in previous checklists from Türkiye by Kuru (2004) as Capoeta capoeta umbla ; Geldiay and Balık (2007) as Capoeta capoeta umbla ; Fricke et al. (2007); Kuru et al. (2014); Çiçek et al. (2015, 2020). ― Turkish material: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Türkiye:?Euphrates and Tigris river basins. ― Distribution in river basins: 21-Fırat-Dicle. ― General distribution: Asia Minor and Middle East: Euphrates and Tigris river basins ( Iran, Iraq, and Türkiye). ― Distribution in ecoregions: 441-Lower Tigris and Euphrates, 442-Upper Tigris and Euphrates. ― Habitat: This species inhabits a very wide range of all kinds of permanent waterbodies, at least seasonally, with gravel or running water. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Locally commercially important.

Conservation. Conservation status in Türkiye: Unknown. ― IUCN: LC (IUCN, 2023). ― Threats: ABS, CON, EUT, FIT, HAB. ― Low sensitivity to human activities.― Not considered a keystone species. ― Decline status: Decreasing. ― Low priority for conservation action.

Remarks. Capoeta umbla is cooccurring with C. damascina . Recent molecular findings suggest their possible synonymization between them (Bektas et al., 2017, 2019). This situation needs to be clarified with a detailed study. Capoeta umbla is not distributed in the Euphrates River part of Türkiye, if valid, it distributes in the Tigris River in Türkiye. Future detailed studies need to clarify this hypothesis.

Cyclocheilichthys kosswigi => Barbus lacerta

Cyprinion tenuiradius Heckel, 1846 => not occurring in Türkiye (see Çiçek et al., 2020)

Cyprinus capito => Luciobarbus capito

Cyprinus capoeta => Capoeta capoeta

Cyprinus mursa => Luciobarbus mursa

Gobio damascinus => Capoeta damascina

Labeobarbus euphrati => Luciobarbus esocinus Labeobarbus orontis => Luciobarbus pectoralis