| Main Ref. | Jouladeh-Roudbar, A., S. Eagderi, L. Murillo-Ramos, H.R. Ghanavi and I. Doadrio, 2017 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | fusiform / normal |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Capoeta shajariani differs from other congeners in Iran by following combination of characters, none of them unique: maxillary barbel not reaching to pupil; 4 unbranched and 8-9 branched dorsal-fin rays, its outer margin concave; last unbranched dorsal-fin ray moderately ossified and serrated with flexible distal, 18-26 serrae on 50-60% of its posterior margin; 16-19 gill rakers, 12-14 on lower limb; 25-27 scales around caudal peduncle; 70-77 scales on lateral line, 13-15 scales between dorsal-fin origin and lateral line and 9-11 scales between anal-fin origin and lateral line (Ref. 116759). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 70 - 77 |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | 13 - 15 |
| Scale rows below lateral line | 9 - 11 |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | 25 - 27 |
| Barbels | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | 12 - 14 |
| on upper limb | |
| total | 16 - 19 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | no striking attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 13 - 14 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | forked |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 8 - 8 |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 16 - 18 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
| Position abdominal behind origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 10 - 11 |