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 Oedalechilus labeo ( Cuvier, 1829 ) [N]—Boxlip mullet; Kiphon siftani Taxonomy. Original description: Mugil labeo Cuvier, 1829: 233 [Mediterranean Sea; lectotype : MNHN A-3606; lectotype selected by Blanc & Hureau (1971: 692)].— Israel synonyms: None.—Revisions: Durand et al. (2012: 693) .—Illustration: Ben-Tuvia in Whitehead et al. (1986: 1203 , fig.). Status in Israel . First record from Israel by Goren & Ortal (1999) .—Israel material: HUJ. Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Israel :Mediterranean watersheds.—Distribution in River Basin: 1-Western Basin.—General distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; Eastern Atlantic: Portugal , northern Morocco , and Madeira; introduced elsewhere.—Distribution in Ecoregion: 436-Coastal Levant.—Habitat: This species is a benthopelagic, neritic species found inshore, at the mouths of rivers and sewage effluents, but not entering brackish or freshwater. Freshwater, brackish, marine. Economic importance. Commercially important. Conservation. Conservation status in Israel : Unknown.—IUCN: LC ( IUCN 2023 ).—Threats: No major threats known.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered a keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.— Low priority for conservation action. Remark. It was stocked accidentally in the freshwater system.