Capoeta pestai

Capoeta pestai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Capoeta
Species: C. pestai
Binomial name
Capoeta pestai
(Pietschmann, 1933)

Capoeta pestai, called the "Eğirdir longsnout scraper", or the "siraz baligi", is a critically endangered freshwater fish species in the family Cyprinidae, found only in Turkey. It used to be common across Lake Eğirdir in central Anatolia, but survives only in one of the inflowing rivers.

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