Capoeta damascina
Introduction '''''Capoeta damascina''''', the '''Levantine scraper''' or '''Mesopotamian barb''', is a species of cyprinid fish from the Near East region. It is reported from Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iran and Turkey. It is a bottom feeding fish, up to  long but typically about , and it lives in lakes as well as both fast and slow-moving streams, and both in clear and muddy waters. It is said to have tasteless flesh and toxic eggs. It has been recorded hybridising with ''Carasobarbus canis'' but these hybrids are sterile. ''Carasobarbus canis'' x ''Capoeta damascina''
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