Capoeta capoeta

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

{{Speciesbox

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Freyhof, J. |date=2014 |title=Capoeta capoeta |volume=2014 |page=e.T19025492A174797818 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19025492A174797818.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| image = Capoeta capoeta capoeta1.jpg

| taxon = Capoeta capoeta

| display_parents = 3

| authority = (Güldenstädt, 1773)

| synonyms = *Cyprinus capoeta Güldenstädt, 1773

• Cyprinus fundulus Güldenstädt, 1787
• Varicorhinus capoeta (Güldenstädt, 1773)
• Scaphiodon macrolepisHeckel, 1847
• Varicorhinus macrolepis (Heckel, 1847)
• Scaphiodon heratensis Keyserling, 1861
• Scaphiodon asmussii Keyserling, 1861
• Capoeta steindachneri Kessler, 1872
• Capoeta hohenackeri Kessler, 1877
• Capoeta gibbosa Nikolsky, 1897

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Capoeta capoeta is a species of West Asian cyprinid fish, including forms called the Caucasian scraper.{{FishBase | genus = Capoeta | species = capoeta | month = October | year = 2016 }} The scientific name is derived from the Georgian and Azeri local name kapwaeti.

Some taxonomic authorities classify Capoeta sevangi as a subspecies.{{FishBase|Capoeta|sevangi|year=2016}}