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 Nun galilaeus ( Günther, 1864 ) [N]—Galilean loach; Nun ha’hula Taxonomy. Original description: Cobitis galilaea Günther, 1864: 493 [Lake Tiberias (Galilée), Israel ; holotype (unique): BMNH 1863.11.3.8].—Israeli synonyms: Cobitis galilaea Günther, 1864 ; Nemacheilus galilaeus ( Günther, 1864 ) ; Oxynoemacheilus galilaeus ( Günther, 1864 ) ; Nun galilaea ( Günther, 1864 ) .—Revisions: Banarescu et al. (1982: 23) , Prokofiev (2009 , 2010 , 2017: 252 ).—Illustration: Prokofiev (2017: 254 , fig. 68), Freyhof et al. (2012: 304 , fig. 1), Freyhof et al. (2020: 231 as Oxynoemacheilus galilaeus ). Status in Israel . Recorded from Israel in the original description by Günther ( Günther (1865: 490) as Cobitis galilaea , and by Lortet (1883: 173) , Tristram (1884: 177) and Steinitz (1953: 214) as Nemachilus galilaeus ; confirmed by Goren & Ortal (1999: 4) .—Israel material: BMNH, HUJ. Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Israel : Jordan River basin (now extinct).—Distribution in River Basin: 2-Dead Sea Basin.—General distribution: Hula Lake, Jordan River basin, Israel , Syria .—Distribution in Ecoregion: 438- Jordan River.—Habitat: This species is a lacustrine species that inhabits lake shores. Freshwater. Economic importance. No commercial importance. Conservation. Conservation Status in Israel : EX.—IUCN: CR ( IUCN 2023 ).—Threats: ABS, CON, CLI, EUT.— High sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Extinct.—High priority for conservation action. Remarks. Recent molecular findings represent that this species should moved to under genus Oxynoemacheilus ( Geiger et al . 2014 ) .