Cyprinidae

Large scale scraper

Capoeta aculeata

Thirty Seven Point Three Centimeters Carp from Asian Waters

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• West Asia
• Fusiform
• Compressed cross-section
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Capoeta aculeata is a cyprinid fish endemic to Iran. It is close to Capoeta capoeta and has sometimes been considered either synonymous with it or a subspecies Capoeta capoeta aculeata. However, Coad & Krupp concluded, on morphological grounds, that it deserves to be a valid species.