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Common names: Anatolian khramulya, Kara balığı, Sakarya barb
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality of Capoeta tinca, Brussa in Natolien, lectotype designated by Banarescu & Herzig-Straschil in Banarescu 1999:413 (Ref. 57640). Known from the rivers draining to the southern shore of the Marmara Sea; Black Sea watersheds (Ref. 106151): from Sakarya and Kizilirmak river drainages, including lakes and reservoirs (Sariyar Reservoir on Sakarya River and Gelingüllü Reservoir in Kizilirmak basin). The Sakarya River originates from western central Anatolia and enters the Black Sea at Sakarya. Kizilirmak River flows from eastern central Anatolia and enters the Black Sea at Samsun (Ref. 57640). Also Ref. 82790. Status of threat: Endangered (Ref. 58342).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Turan, D., M. Kottelat, F.G. Ekmekçi and H.O. Imamoglu, 2006
National Database: CLOMFOT

Common names from other countries

Sakarya barb, Anatoolia ramul, Baliki ramul, ... more

Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Cypriniformes (Carps) > Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Barbinae
Etymology: Capoeta: The local vernacular name "kapwaeti" used in Georgia and Azerbaikhan (Ref. 45335); tinca: Named for Süleyman Balik, for his contributiion to the knowledge of the fishes of Turkey..
More on author: Heckel.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

; acqua dolce benthopelagico. Subtropical

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Point map | Introduzioni | Faunafri

Asia: endemic to Turkey.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 36.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 1441)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Vertebre: 44 - 46. Diagnosis: Distinguished from its congeners by the combination of the following characters: 2 pairs of barbels; snout rounded; 69-80 lateral line scales; 14-17 scales rows between lateral line and dorsal-fin origin. 12-14 between lateral line and anal-fin origin; 19-23 gill rakers on the first gill arch; lower jaw slightly arched in males, straight in females; head length 23.3-26.7% SL; depth of caudal peduncle 10.8-13.4% SL; head width at posterior margin of eye 49.3-56.5% HL; snout depth at nostril 30.0-41.1 % HL; length of anterior barbel 8.1-14.1 % HL and posterior barbel 11.5-19.3% HL (Ref. 57640).

Inhabits swift flowing water, with cobbles and pebbles bottom; also in lakes and reservoirs. Collected with Alburnoides bipunctatus, Barbus sp., Barbatula angorae, Capoeta sieboldi, Chalcalburnus chalcoides, Squalius cf. orientalis, and Oxynoemacheilus cf. banarescui. Spawns in May and June in central Anatolia. Reported sexual maturity at 2 years for males, 3 for females; reaches 42.8 cm FL, 1,178 g and 10 years (Ref. 57640).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Berg, L.S., 1964. Freshwater fishes of the U.S.S.R. and adjacent countries. volume 2, 4th edition. Israel Program for Scientific Translations Ltd, Jerusalem. (Russian version published 1949). (Ref. 1441)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 18 March 2013

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)