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Capoeta capoeta capoeta in Azerbaijan
Transcaucasian barb

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Capoeta capoeta capoeta   (Güldenstädt, 1773)
Family:	Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps)			picture (Cacap_u2.jpg) by Levin, B.
Order:	Cypriniformes  (carps)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Transcaucasian barb
Max. size:	41.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 2059)
Environment:	benthopelagic; potamodromous
Climate:	temperate; 10 - 22°C
Global Importance:	fisheries: commercial
Resilience:	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.17)
Distribution:	Asia: Baluchistan in Pakistan, and western Asia. Also former USSR (Ref. 683).
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-13; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 10-10. Having deciduous horny covering on lips; barbels 1 pair of short maxillary; last simple (unbranched) dorsal fin-ray osseous and strongly serrated; pectoral fins long, about head length excluding snout; fairly small scales (Ref. 4832). No longitudinal rows of spots (Ref. 47064).
Biology:	Inhabits mainly the drier parts as well as the upper reaches of rivers in mountains and the lower reaches which sometimes end in marshes or deserts. Feeds primarily on plants. Spawns mostly on stony ground in rivers
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran. 1991. (Ref. 4832)
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Azerbaijan country information
Common names:	Khramulja		Ref:  Blanc, M., J.-L. Gaudet, P. Banarescu and J.-C. Hureau, 1971
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Uses:	no uses
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/aj.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Blanc, M., J.-L. Gaudet, P. Banarescu and J.-C. Hureau, 1971
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	Entered:  Reyes, Rodolfo B.

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