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 Capoeta damascina (Valenciennes, 1842) [N]—Mesopotamian barb; Hafaf Israeli Taxonomy. Original description: Gobio damascinus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1842: 314 , pl. 482 [ Damascus , Syria ; lectotype : MNHN 0000-4494; lectotype selected by Krupp & Schneider (1989: 365) ].— Israel synonyms: Scaphiodon socialis Heckel, 1843 ; Capoeta syriaca (Valenciennes, 1844) ; Capoeta kosswigi Karaman, 1969.—Revisions: None.—Illustration: Krupp & Schneider (1989: 366 . fig. 17). Status in Israel . First record from Israel by Günther (1865: 490) and Tristram (1884: 104 , 172, 173) as Scaphiodon capoeta , Capoeta damascina , C. syriaca and C. socialis , Lortet (1883: 151 , 160) as Capoeta syriaca and C. damascina , and by Steinitz (1953: 209) as Varicorhinus damascinus ; confirmed by Goren (1974: 88) , Goren & Ortal (1999: 4) .—Israel material: HUJ. Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Israel : Jordan River system and coastal plain.—Distribution in River Basin: 1-Western Basin, 2-Dead Sea Basin, 3-Kinneret Basin.—General distribution: Asia Minor and Middle East: Levant, Mesopotamia , and southeastern Anatolia ( Iran , Iraq , Israel , Jordan , Syria , and Turkey ).—Distribution in Ecoregion: 438- Jordan River.—Habitat: This species inhabits a very wide range of all kinds of permanent waterbodies, at least seasonally, with gravel or running water. Freshwater. Economic importance. Commercially important. Conservation. Conservation Status in Israel : Unknown.—IUCN: LC ( IUCN 2023 ).—Threats: ABS, CLI, CON, EUT, HAB.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered a keystone species.—Decline status: Decreasing.—Low priority for conservation action.