<i>Paracapoeta,</i> a new genus of the Cyprinidae from Mesopotamia, Cilicia and Levant (Teleostei, Cypriniformes)

Bayçelebi E., Kaya C., Aksu İ., Bektas Y.

ZOOSYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION, no.2, pp.201-212, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Publication Date: 2022
  • Doi Number: 10.3897/zse.98.81463
  • Journal Name: ZOOSYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), BIOSIS, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Page Numbers: pp.201-212
  • Keywords: Capoeta, Mesopotamia, molecular phylogeny, scrapers, taxanomy, FRESH-WATER FISHES, CYTOCHROME-B, PHYLOGENETIC-RELATIONSHIPS, TURKEY TELEOSTEI, MITOCHONDRIAL PHYLOGENY, MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS, ANATOLIA TELEOSTEI, RIVER DRAINAGES, SPECIES GROUP, CYT-B
  • Karadeniz Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The molecular and morphological studies carried out within the scope of this study revealed that the scrapers, known as the Mesopotamian group, belong to a different genus. The Paracapoeta gen. nov., from the Mesopotomia and Levant, is distinguished from Capoeta and Luciobarbus species by the presence of a strong ligament between the base of the last simple and the first branched rays of the dorsal-fin (vs. no or a very weak ligament). The Paracapoeta further differs from Capoeta by the last simple dorsal-fin ray strongly ossified in adult specimens (more than 75%, vs. less than 75%). The Paracapoeta further differs from Luciobarbus by the lower lip with horny layer (vs. fleshy lips). The molecular phylogeny based on the combined dataset (COI + Cytb, 1312 bp.) showed that the genus Paracapoeta was recovered from the other groups in the subfamily Barbinae with high bootstrap and posterior probability values (BP: 94%, PP: 0.96). Also, Paracapoeta and Capoeta are well differentiated by an average genetic distance of 8.02??0.78%. The morphological and molecular findings have largely overlapped each other. Besides, Capoeta turani is treated as a synonym of Capoeta erhani.