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 Cichla kelberi Kullander & Ferreira, 2006 [I]—Kelberi peacock bass; None Taxonomy. Original description: Cichla kelberi Kullander & Ferreira, 2006: 324 , figs. 28-32 [Tucurui, Pará , Brazil ; holotype : MZUSP 92397].— Israel synonyms: None.—Revisions: None. Illustration: Kullander & Ferreira (2006 : figs. 28-32). Status in Israel . First record from Israel by Golani et al. (2019); confirmed by Golani et al. (2019).—Israel material: HUJ. Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Israel : A single specimen from Lake Kinneret.—Distribution in River Basin: 3-Kinneret Basin.—General distribution: Araguaia River and lower Tocantins River drainages ( Brazil ). Introduced elsewhere.—Distribution in Ecoregion: 438- Jordan River.—Habitat: This species occurs in rivers. Freshwater. Economic importance. Valuable for the aquarium trade. Reasons of introduction. Aquarium escapee. Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species). Remarks. A single specimen was collected in Lake Kinneret.