Species that contain: Capoeta and capoeta and aculeata [ 3 ] records

aculeatum, Chondrostoma Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1844:408 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 17; ref. 1010] Iran. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-2357. Paralectotypes: MNHN 1960-0611 [ex MNHN 0000-2357] (5). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1948:44 [ref. 19574]. Lectotype selected by Coad & Krupp 1994:63 [ref. 23605]. •Synonym of Capoeta capoeta (Güldenstädt 1773), but a valid subspecies aculeata (Valenciennes 1844) -- (Bianco & Bănărescu 1982:85 [ref. 8508]). •Valid as Capoeta aculeata (Valenciennes 1844) -- (Coad 1991:15 [ref. 15702], Coad & Krupp 1994:63 [ref. 23605], Coad 1995:13 [ref. 23608], Coad 1996:71 [ref. 25297], Turan et al. 2006:154 [ref. 28700], Özuluğ & Freyhof 2008:293 [ref. 29981], Coad 2010:147 [ref. 36620], Esmaeili et al. 2010:368 [ref. 33391], Levin et al. 2012:544 [ref. 33912], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:867 [ref. 34062], Teimori et al. 2015:90 [ref. 34095], Zareian et al. 2016:140 [ref. 34227], Esmaeili et al. 2016:42 [ref. 34283], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2016:169 [ref. 34989], Esmaeili et al. 2017:38 [ref. 35254], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2017:152 [ref. 35425], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2017:152 [ref. 35538], Zareian et al. 2017:17 [ref. 35636], Esmaeili et al. 2018:18 [ref. 36089], Levin et al. 2019:39 [ref. 36600], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:38 [ref. 37983], Çiçek et al. 2024:153 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Capoeta aculeata (Valenciennes 1844). Cyprinidae: Barbinae. Distribution: Middle East: Namak Lake and Kavir basins (Iran). Habitat: freshwater.

bergi, Varicorhinus Derjavin [A. N.] 1929:72, Fig. 1 [Bulletins of the Ichthyological Laboratory of Baku. v. 2 (no. 2); ref. 16078] Karaj River, 30 kilometers from Teheran, Iran. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Capoeta aculeata (Valenciennes 1844) -- (Coad 1991:15 [ref. 15702], Coad & Krupp 1994:64 [ref. 23605], Coad 1995:13 [ref. 23608], Esmaeili et al. 2010:368 [ref. 33391], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:867 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:38 [ref. 35254], Zareian et al. 2017:19 [ref. 35636], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:38 [ref. 37983], Çiçek et al. 2024:153 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Synonym of Capoeta aculeata (Valenciennes 1844). Cyprinidae: Barbinae. Habitat: freshwater.

macrolepis, Scaphiodon Heckel [J. J.] 1847:259 [Reisen in Europa, Asien und Africa v. 2 (pt 3); ref. 2068] Confluents of Araxes River at Persepolis, Iran [Sivand River, Fars near Persepolis]. Syntypes: NMW 51653 (2), 55896 (2). •Synonym of Capoeta capoeta (Güldenstädt 1772) -- (Coad 1991:15 [ref. 15702]). •Synonym of Capoeta capoeta (Güldenstädt 1772), but a valid subspecies -- (Bianco & Bănărescu 1982:85 [ref. 8508]). •Synonym of Capoeta aculeata (Valenciennes 1844) -- (Coad & Krupp 1994:64 [ref. 23605], Coad 1995:13 [ref. 23608], Esmaeili et al. 2010:368 [ref. 33391], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:867 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:38 [ref. 35254]). •Valid as Capoeta macrolepis (Heckel 1847) -- (Zareian et al. 2017:31 [ref. 35636], Esmaeili et al. 2018:20 [ref. 36089], Eagderi & Mousavi-Sabet 2021:43 [ref. 38914], Çiçek et al. 2024:161 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Capoeta macrolepis (Heckel 1847). Cyprinidae: Barbinae. Distribution: Middle East: Kor and Tigris River basins, Iran. Habitat: freshwater.