Type locality of Capoeta tinca, Brussa in Natolien, lectotype designated by Banarescu & Herzig-Straschil in Banarescu 1999:413 (Ref. 57640). Known from the rivers draining to the southern shore of the Marmara Sea; Black Sea watersheds (Ref. 106151): from Sakarya and Kizilirmak river drainages, including lakes and reservoirs (Sariyar Reservoir on Sakarya River and Gelingüllü Reservoir in Kizilirmak basin). The Sakarya River originates from western central Anatolia and enters the Black Sea at Sakarya. Kizilirmak River flows from eastern central Anatolia and enters the Black Sea at Samsun (Ref. 57640). Also Ref. 82790.

Status of threat: Endangered (Ref. 58342).