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 Garra sauvagei ( Lortet, 1883 ) [E]—Kinneret deep-water garra; Yableset matzuya Taxonomy. Original description: Capoeta sauvagei Lortet, 1883: 154 , Pl. 13 (fig. 2) [Lake Tiberias (Kinneret), Israel ; lectotype : MGHN 3491 ( 77 mm SL)].— Israel synonyms: Tylognathus steinitziorum Kosswig, 1950 .— Revisions: None.—Illustration: Lortet, 1883 : pl. 13 (fig. 2). Status in Israel . Recorded from Israel in the original description by Lortet (1883: 154) ; confirmed by Steinitz (1953: 210) as Varicorhinus sauvagei , Kosswig (1950) as Tylognathus steinitziorum ; Steinitz (1953: 211) as Tylognathus steinitziorum , Goren (1974: 91) as Tylognathus steinitziorum , Goren & Ortal (1999: 4) as Hemigrammocapoeta nana ; Geiger et al. (2014) .—Israel material: MGHN, ZMUI, HUJ. Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Israel : Lake Tiberias.—Distribution in River Basin: 3-Kinneret Basin.— General distribution: Israel endemic.—Distribution in Ecoregion: 438- Jordan River.—Habitat: This species is found in a variety of habitats, such as rivers, lakes, and small ponds. Freshwater. Economic importance. No commercial importance. Conservation. Conservation Status in Israel : Probably extinct.—IUCN: NE (2023).—Threats: Unknown.—High sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered a keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—High priority for conservation action. Remarks. This species was originally described from Israel ; identity needs clarification; was considered very rare when it was described, possibly now extinct. It may have been based on a misidentified Garra rufa (Heckel 1843) . It was synonymized by some authors with G. nana , but recently again treated as valid ( Geiger et al . 2014 ; Freyhof 2016 ). We tentatively leave this taxon in the checklist, pending additional studies on the subject.