Capoeta damascina
{{Short description|Species of fish}}
{{Speciesbox
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Capoeta damascina
| display_parents = 3
| authority = (Valenciennes, 1842){{FishBase|Capoeta|damascina}}
| synonyms = {{species list
|Barbus belayewi |Menon, 1960
|Capoeta angorae |(Hankó, 1925)
|Chondrostoma syriacum |Valenciennes, 1844
|Gobio damascinus |Valenciennes, 1842
|Scaphiodon fratercula |Heckel, 1843
|Scaphiodon peregrinorum |Heckel, 1843
|Scaphiodon socialis |Heckel, 1843
|Varicorhinus capoeta angorae}}
}}
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.{{cite iucn|author=Freyhof, J. |year=2014 |title=Capoeta damascina |page= e.T19025707A19222873 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19025707A19222873.en |access-date=6 January 2015}}{{Cite journal|last=Raissy|first=M.|last2=Ansari|first2=M. |last3=Lashkari|first3=A.|last4=Jalali|first4=B.|date=2010-09-10|title=Occurrence of parasites in selected fish species in Gandoman Lagoon,Iran|url=http://jifro.ir/article-1-36-en.html|journal=Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences|language=en|volume=9|issue=3|pages=464–471}}
It is a bottom feeding fish, up to {{cvt|50|cm|ft}} long but typically about {{cvt|30|cm|ft|0}}, 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.{{cite journal | author1 = Borkenhagen K | author2 = Krupp F | year =2013 | title = Taxonomic revision of the genus Carasobarbus Karaman, 1971 (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae) | journal = ZooKeys | issue = 339 | pages = 1–53 | publisher = Pensoft Publishers | doi = 10.3897/zookeys.339.4903| pmc = 3800827 | pmid=24146585| doi-access = free }}
File:Carasobarbus canis x Capoeta damascina - ZooKeys-339-001-g028.jpg
