Capoeta damascina, the Levantine or Mesopotamian barb, is a species of cyprinid fish from the Near East region. It is reported from Iraq, Israel, Jord

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Capoeta damascina, the Levantine or Mesopotamian barb, is a species of cyprinid fish from the Near East region. It is reported from Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey. It is a bottom feeding fish, up to 50 cm ( ft) long but typically about 30 cm (1 ft), and it lives in lakes as well as both fast and slow-moving streams, and both in clear and muddy waters. Photographed in Israel

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Location: Israel
Photo credit: © Alon Meir / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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