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Knowledge of habitat requirements of aquatic animals plays an important role in fisheries and protection programs of aquatic ecosystems. Hence, this study was conducted to investigate the suitability indices of habitat use and habitat suitability index (HSI) of Luciobarbus capito in its distribution range in Shahr Bijar River. A number of environmental variables, including elevation, water depth, river width, river slope, velocity, substrate type, average diameter of bed stone, riparian vegetation type, and the relative abundance of L. capito at 13 stations and three replications from downstream to upstream, were examined during September 2013. The results showed that L. capito mostly preferred upper stretches of the river with higher velocity, middle depth, lower width, and bedrock substrate (i.e., beds with boulder cover and grasslands), and its residential area was riparian compared with the available ranges. Habitat selectivity index for L. capito. showed that the elevation is 130- 220m, water depth 55- 89cm, channel width less than 12m, channel slope 0.5-2.3%, water velocity less than 2m.s-1, bedrock substrate, average diameter of bed stone larger than 35-75cm. The presence of these conditions, with an HSI of 0.798, indicates that the ShahrBijar River is an excellent habitat for L. capito.

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Habitat selection Suitability index Luciobarbus capito Shahr Bijar River

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ASADI, H., YOUSEFI JOURDEHI, A., & MONSEF SHOKRI, M. (2026). Habitat suitability assessment of <i>Luciobarbus capito</i> (Güldenstädt, 1773) of ShahrBijar River, the South Caspian Sea basin, Iran. Iranian Journal of Ichthyology, 13(2). https://doi.org/10.22034/iji.v13i1.1138
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