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
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2023-11-13
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Tristramella simonis
(
Günther, 1864
)
[N]—Short jaw tristramella; Tvarnun kinnarti
Taxonomy.
Original description:
Chromis simonis
Günther, 1864: 492
[Lake Tiberias (Kinneret),
Israel
.
Lectotype
: BMNH 1864.8.20.10].—
Israel
synonyms: None.—Revisions: None.—Illustration:
Krupp & Schneider (1989: 404
, fig. 54),
Borkenhagen & Freyhof (2009: 335
, fig. 1).
Status in
Israel
.
Recorded from Israel in original description by
Günther (1865: 490)
,
Lortet (1883: 143
, 146) and
Tristram (1884: 165
, 167) as
Chromis simonis
; subsequently reported by
Steinitz (1953: 218)
,
Goren (1974: 105)
,
Goren & Ortal (1999: 4)
as
Tristramella simonis simonis
and
T. simonis intermedia
.—Israel material: HUJ.
Distribution and habitat.
Distribution in
Israel
:
Jordan
River system and Lake Kinneret.—Distribution in River Basin: 3-Kinneret Basin.—General distribution: Middle East: swamps and pools in
Damascus
area (
Syria
), and
Jordan
River System.—Distribution in Ecoregion: 438-
Jordan
River.—Habitat: This species lives in the shallow zones of lakes, springs, and streams, where it may be found among stones or vegetation. Freshwater.
Economic importance.
Commercially important.
Conservation.
Conservation Status in
Israel
: Unknown.—IUCN: VU (
IUCN 2023
).—Threats: ABS, CLI, CON, HAB.—High sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered a keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.— High priority for conservation action.