WoRMS taxon details
Capoeta damascina (Valenciennes, 1842)
862540 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:862540)
accepted
Species
Barbus belayewi Menon, 1960 · unaccepted (synonym)
Capoeta capoeta damascinus (Valenciennes, 1842) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
Capoeta capoeta intermedia Bianco & Bănărescu, 1982 · unaccepted
Capoeta fratercula (Heckel, 1843) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Capoeta socialis (Heckel, 1843) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Capoeta syriaca (Valenciennes, 1844) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Chondrostoma syriacum Valenciennes, 1844 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gobio damascinus Valenciennes, 1842 · unaccepted (synonym)
Scaphiodon amir Heckel, 1846-49 · unaccepted
Scaphiodon chebisiensis Keyserling, 1861 · unaccepted
Scaphiodon fratercula Heckel, 1843 · unaccepted
Scaphiodon niger Heckel, 1846-49 · unaccepted
Scaphiodon peregrinorum Heckel, 1843 · unaccepted
Scaphiodon rostratus Keyserling, 1861 · unaccepted
Scaphiodon socialis Heckel, 1843 · unaccepted
Varicorhinus damascinus (Valenciennes, 1842) · unaccepted
Varicorhinus fratercula (Heckel, 1843) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Varicorhinus socialis (Heckel, 1843) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Varicorhinus syriacus (Valenciennes, 1844) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
(of Gobio damascinus Valenciennes, 1842) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1842). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome seizième. Livre dix-huitième. Les Cyprinoïdes. v. 16: i-xx + 1-472, Pls. 456-487. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Capoeta damascina (Valenciennes, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=862540 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Barbus belayewi Menon, 1960) Menon, M.A.S. (1960). On a third collection of fish from Iraq. <em>Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta).</em> 54(3–4): 139–158. [details]
original description (of Scaphiodon rostratus Keyserling, 1861) Keyserling, E. von. (1861). Neue Cypriniden aus Persien. <em>Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften.</em> 17 (1): 1-24, Pls. 1-9. [details]
original description (of Chondrostoma syriacum Valenciennes, 1844) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1844). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome dix-septième. Suite du livre dix-huitième. Cyprinoïdes.</em> 17(487-519): i-xxiii + 1-497 + 2 pp. [details]
original description (of Scaphiodon chebisiensis Keyserling, 1861) Keyserling, E. von. (1861). Neue Cypriniden aus Persien. <em>Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften.</em> 17 (1): 1-24, Pls. 1-9. [details]
original description (of Gobio damascinus Valenciennes, 1842) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1842). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome seizième. Livre dix-huitième. Les Cyprinoïdes. v. 16: i-xx + 1-472, Pls. 456-487. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Scaphiodon rostratus Keyserling, 1861) Keyserling, E. von. (1861). Neue Cypriniden aus Persien. <em>Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften.</em> 17 (1): 1-24, Pls. 1-9. [details]
original description (of Chondrostoma syriacum Valenciennes, 1844) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1844). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome dix-septième. Suite du livre dix-huitième. Cyprinoïdes.</em> 17(487-519): i-xxiii + 1-497 + 2 pp. [details]
original description (of Scaphiodon chebisiensis Keyserling, 1861) Keyserling, E. von. (1861). Neue Cypriniden aus Persien. <em>Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften.</em> 17 (1): 1-24, Pls. 1-9. [details]
original description (of Gobio damascinus Valenciennes, 1842) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1842). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome seizième. Livre dix-huitième. Les Cyprinoïdes. v. 16: i-xx + 1-472, Pls. 456-487. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
To Barcode of Life (169 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Capoeta damascina)
To FishBase (from synonym Barbus belayewi Menon, 1960)
To FishBase (from synonym Scaphiodon rostratus Keyserling, 1861)
To Fishbase (from synonym Scaphiodon rostratus Keyserling, 1861)
To FishBase (from synonym Chondrostoma syriacum Valenciennes, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobio damascinus Valenciennes, 1842)
To Fishbase (from synonym Scaphiodon socialis Heckel, 1843)
To Fishbase (from synonym Scaphiodon fratercula Heckel, 1843)
To Fishbase (from synonym Scaphiodon peregrinorum Heckel, 1843)
To Fishbase (from synonym Capoeta capoeta intermedia Bianco & Bănărescu, 1982)
To Fishbase (from synonym Scaphiodon chebisiensis Keyserling, 1861)
To Fishbase (from synonym Scaphiodon amir Heckel, 1846-49)
To Fishbase (from synonym Scaphiodon niger Heckel, 1846-49)
To GenBank (144 nucleotides; 123 proteins) (from synonym Gobio damascinus Valenciennes, 1842)
To GenBank (144 nucleotides; 123 proteins) (from synonym Varicorhinus damascinus (Valenciennes, 1842))
To GenBank (144 nucleotides; 123 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Capoeta damascina)
To FishBase (from synonym Barbus belayewi Menon, 1960)
To FishBase (from synonym Scaphiodon rostratus Keyserling, 1861)
To Fishbase (from synonym Scaphiodon rostratus Keyserling, 1861)
To FishBase (from synonym Chondrostoma syriacum Valenciennes, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Gobio damascinus Valenciennes, 1842)
To Fishbase (from synonym Scaphiodon socialis Heckel, 1843)
To Fishbase (from synonym Scaphiodon fratercula Heckel, 1843)
To Fishbase (from synonym Scaphiodon peregrinorum Heckel, 1843)
To Fishbase (from synonym Capoeta capoeta intermedia Bianco & Bănărescu, 1982)
To Fishbase (from synonym Scaphiodon chebisiensis Keyserling, 1861)
To Fishbase (from synonym Scaphiodon amir Heckel, 1846-49)
To Fishbase (from synonym Scaphiodon niger Heckel, 1846-49)
To GenBank (144 nucleotides; 123 proteins) (from synonym Gobio damascinus Valenciennes, 1842)
To GenBank (144 nucleotides; 123 proteins) (from synonym Varicorhinus damascinus (Valenciennes, 1842))
To GenBank (144 nucleotides; 123 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
