Capoeta banarescui belongs to the Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata and Class Actinopterygii, which is composed of ray-finned fishes that have webs of skin supported by bony spines.
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or horny spines ("rays"), as opposed to the fleshy, lobed fins that characterize the class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish). 
