Freshwater fishes of Israel; a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023 Author Çiçek, Erdoğan Department of Biology, Faculty of Art and Sciences, Nevşehir Hacı BektaşVeli University, Nevşehir, Türkiye Author Fricke, Ronald Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany Author Sungur, Sevil Health Services Vocational School, Nevşehir Hacı BektaşVeli University, Nevşehir, Türkiye Author Çapar, Osman Bahadir Faculty of Fisheries, Cukurova University, Türkiye Author Golani, Daniel Deparment of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel text Zootaxa 2023 2023-11-13 5369 4 451 484 https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5369.4.1/52255 journal article 278560 10.11646/zootaxa.5369.4.1 8a95fa8d-aaf9-4550-9a5b-0e8408ecb1bd 1175-5326 10146651 62878FA8-7CC7-462C-9FBF-C9BAEF177855 Coptodon zillii ( Gervais, 1848 ) [N]—Redbelly tilapia; Amnun matzui Taxonomy. Original description: Acerina zillii Gervais, 1848: 203 [Artesian well, Tuggurth, Algeria ; syntypes : MNHN (lost)].— Israel synonyms: Tilapia zillii ( Gervais, 1848 ) ; Chromis andreae Günther, 1865 .—Revisions: Dunz & Schliewen (2013: 73).—Illustration: Krupp & Schneider (1989: 400 , fig. 52). Status in Israel . First record from Israel by Günther (1865: 490) , Lortet (1883: 142) and Tristram (1884: 165) as Chromis andreae ; confirmed by Steinitz (1953: 217) as Tilapia zillii , Goren (1974: 103 as Tilapia zillii ), Goren & Ortal (1999: 4) as Tilapia zillii .—Israel material: HUJ. Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Israel : Jordan River basin and Mediterranean coastal plain.—Distribution in River Basin: 1-Western Basin, 3-Kinneret Basin.—General distribution: North Africa: Morocco east to Egypt , south to Nigeria and Central African Republic ; Middle East: Syria south to Israel and Jordan . Introduced elsewhere.—Distribution in Ecoregion: 436-Coastal Levant, 438- Jordan River.—Habitat: This species is a demersal, potamodromous species that occasionally forms schools and is mainly diurnal. It is caught in shallow marginal waters in the waterlily zones, inlets, drowned forest areas, and on sandy shores. Freshwater, brackish. Economic importance. Commercially important. Conservation. Conservation Status in Israel : Unknown.—IUCN: LC ( IUCN 2023 ).—Threats: ABS, CON, CLI, EUT, FIT, HAB.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered a keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Low priority for conservation action.