Cyprinidae

Mesopotamian barb

Capoeta damascina

Fish Reaching Fifty Centimeters in Asian Waters

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• West Asia
• Fusiform
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Capoeta damascina, the Levantine scraper or Mesopotamian barb, is a species of cyprinid fish from the Near East region. It is reported from Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iran and Turkey. It is a bottom feeding fish, up to 50 cm (1.6 ft) long but typically about 30 cm (1 ft), and it lives in lakes as well as both fast and slow-moving streams, and both in clear and muddy waters.