A New Species of Algae Eaters Capoeta kaput sp. nov. (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) from Transcaucasia


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A new species of Capoeta is described from the Araxes River basin in Armenia based on morphological characters and mtDNA COI sequences. Capoeta kaput sp. n. can be distinguished by a combination of the following characters: usually 9 branched rays in the dorsal fin, shape of the denticles on the last unbranched ray of the dorsal fin, shape of the pharyngeal bones and the masticatory plate of the basioccipital, the body and skull proportions. Capoeta kaput sp. n. is well identified by the sequences of COI barcoding fragment.

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B. Levin

Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences; Cherepovets State University

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Email: borislyovin@gmail.com
Rússia, Borok, Nekouzskii raion, Yaroslavl oblast, 152742; Cherepovets, Vologda Region, 162600

A. Prokofiev

Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution

Email: borislyovin@gmail.com
Rússia, Moscow, 119071

H. Roubenyan

Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydroecology, National Academy of Sciences of Republic of Armenia

Email: borislyovin@gmail.com
Armênia, Yerevan, 0014

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