banarescui, Capoeta Turan [D.], Kottelat [M.], Ekmekçi [F. G.] & Imamoğlu [H. O.] 2006:427, Fig. 5 [Revue Suisse de Zoologie v. 113 (no. 2); ref. 28752] Çoruh drainage, stream Tortum, 100 kilometers north of Erzurum 40°34'N, 41°36'E, Tortum District, Artvin, Turkey. Holotype: ESFM-PISI/2004-072. Paratypes: CMK 18474 (5), 18540 (9), 18549 (1); ESFM-PISI/2004-073 (4); FFR 711 (9), 712 (16), 720 (3). Type catalog: Kaya et al. 2021:407 [ref. 38688]. •Synonym of Capoeta tinca (Heckel 1843) -- (Çiçek et al. 2018: 26 [ref. 36267]). •Valid as Capoeta banarescui Turan, Kottelat, Ekmekçi & Imamoğlu 2006 -- (Fricke et al. 2007:34 [ref. 29533], Özuluğ & Freyhof 2008:293 [ref. 29981], Bektaş et al. 2011:65 [ref. 31470], Levin et al. 2012:544 [ref. 33912] as cf. banarescui, Çiçek et al. 2015:143 [ref. 35151], Zareian et al. 2016:72 [ref. 34282], Elp et al. 2018:103 [ref. 35851], Çiçek et al. 2020:247 [ref. 37644], Kuljanishvili et al. 2020:[4] [ref. 37535], Roman et al. 2022:129 [ref. 39295], Çiçek et al. 2023:368 [ref. 40625], Çiçek et al. 2024:154 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Capoeta banarescui Turan, Kottelat, Ekmekçi & Imamoğlu 2006. Cyprinidae: Barbinae. Distribution: Eurasia: Çoruh River drainage (Turkey and Georgia). Habitat: freshwater.