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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Zootaxa
2023
2023-11-13
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Garra ghorensis
Krupp, 1982
[N]—Dead Sea garra; Aguleset sdom
Taxonomy.
Original description:
Garra tibanica ghorensis
Krupp, 1982: 319
,
Figs. 1
-2 [Dead Sea Valley, Ain al-Hadita,
Jordan
,
31°18’N
,
35°32’E
:
holotype
: SMF 16436].—
Israel
synonyms: None.—Revisions: None.— Illustration:
Krupp (1982
: figs. 1-2).
Status in
Israel
.
Recorded from Israel in original description by
Krupp (1982)
; subsequently reported by
Goren & Ortal (1999: 4)
.—Israel material: HUJ, SMF.
Distribution and habitat.
Distribution in
Israel
: Southern Basin of the Dead Sea Valley.—Distribution in River Basin: 2-Dead Sea Basin.—General distribution: Middle East:
Israel
and
Jordan
.—Distribution in Ecoregion: 438-
Jordan
River.—Habitat: This fish inhabits shallow fast and clear streams and springs with stony beds. Freshwater.
Economic importance.
No commercial importance.
Conservation.
Conservation Status in
Israel
: Unknown.—IUCN: EN (
IUCN 2023
).—Threats: ABS, CLI, COM, CON, HAB.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—No keystone species.—Decline status: Decreasing.—Low priority for conservation action.
Remarks.
This species was previously distributed in
Israel
; however, it is extirpated. Therefore, it is categorised as endemic to
Jordan
.