''Capoeta sevangi'' is a

cyprinid Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest verte ...

fish endemic to Lake Sevan in

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...

. Some taxonomic authorities classify it as a subspecies of ''

Capoeta capoeta ''Capoeta capoeta'' is a species of West Asian cyprinid fish, including forms called the Caucasian scraper. The scientific name is derived from the Georgian and Azeri local name ''kapwaeti''. Some taxonomic authorities classify Capoeta sevangi a ...

''. It previously dominated in the fish landings, along with the

Sevan trout The Sevan trout (''Salmo ischchan'') is an endemic fish species of Lake Sevan in Armenia, known as ishkhan (իշխան, ) in Armenian. It is a salmonid fish related to the brown trout. The fish is endangered, because various competitors were in ...

. Annual harvest could be 300-500 tonnes. Males reach maturity at 2–3 years and females in 5–7 years in females. They spawn in the lake in June–July, but there are also populations in the major rivers draining to the lake. The fish feed on detritus and as adults also on aquatic vegetation.B. Gabrielyan
Sevan khramulya — Varicorhinus capoeta sevangi (Filippi, 1865)
Red Book of Armenia www.mnp.am Since 1936, with the gradual deterioration of reproduction conditions due to the permanent exposure of many spawning grounds, and with many spawning grounds in rivers lost, khramulya stocks in Sevan have gradually declined,Savvaitova & Peter

www.fao.org then sharply decreased.

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sevangi Fish described in 1865 Taxa named by Filippo De Filippi {{Cyprininae-stub