Caucasian Scraper

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).

Potamodromous. Migrating within streams, migratory in rivers, e.g. Saliminus, Moxostoma, Labeo. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 10

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.

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 (Ref. 4832).

fisheries: commercial

Capoeta capoeta is a species of West Asian cyprinid fish, including forms called the Caucasian scraper. The scientific name is derived from the Georgian and Azeri local name kapwaeti.

Some taxonomic authorities classify Capoeta sevangi as a subspecies.