Sakarya Barb

Diagnosis: Distinguished from its congeners by the combination of the following characters: two pairs of barbels; snout bluntly rounded; 72-86 lateral line scales; 14-17 scales rows between lateral line and dorsal fin origin, 10-11 (modally 10) between lateral line and anal-fin origin; 16-22 gill rakers on the first gill arch; lower jaw slightly arched in males, straight in females; head length 21.9-24.8% SL; depth of caudal peduncle 9.5-12.3% SL; head width at posterior margin of eye 55.6-63.5% HL; snout depth at nostril 33.1-41.6% HL; length of anterior barbel 9.8-18.7% HL and posterior barbel 14.7-25.5% HL (Ref. 57640).

Vertebrae: 43 - 44

Inhabits slowly 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).(Ref. 57640).

Inhabits slowly flowing water, with cobbles and pebbles bottom; also in lakes and reservoirs. 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).

Capoeta baliki, also known as the fourbarbel scraper or Sakarya barb, is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Turkey. It inhabits slowly flowing rivers, lakes and reservoirs.

It is known from central Anatolia from two river systems draining north to the Black Sea. It was distinguished from Capoeta tinca (the Anatolian khramulya) as a separate species in 2006. This distinction has been considered doubtful however. The fish is found in many rivers and is often very abundant. It is used locally as a food fish.

"Balık" means fish in Turkish, and that's the source of the scientific name.