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 Poecilia velifera ( Regan, 1914 ) [I]—Sail-fin molly; Moly mifrasan Taxonomy. Original description: Mollienesia velifera Regan, 1914: 3 , pl. 3 [Freshwater ponds in the vicinity of New Orleans, Louisiana , USA ; lectotype : MNHN B-0929].— Israel synonyms: None.—Revisions: Miller (2006: 234) .—Illustration: Miller (2006: 235 , fig. 6.275). Status in Israel . First record from Israel by Goren & Ortal (1999) ; confirmed by Golani & Mires (2000) , Golani et al. (2022) .—Israel material: HUJ. Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Israel : Slow-flowing spring in the Jordan River basin and in the coastal plain.—Distribution in River Basin: 1-Western Basin, 2-Dead Sea Basin.—General distribution: Southern North America: Atlantic slope of southeastern Mexico ; also, Colombia (introduced) and elsewhere.—Distribution in Ecoregion: 436-Coastal Levant, 438- Jordan River.—Habitat: is restricted to coastal habitats, mostly brackish but also freshwater, such as cenotes (karstic sinkholes), mangrove channels, coastal lagoons, and salt marshes. Freshwater, brackish. Economic importance. Valuable for the aquarium trade. Reasons of introduction. Ornamental fish industry. Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).