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 Acanthobrama lissneri Tortonese, 1952 [N]— Jordan bream; Lavnun lissner Taxonomy. Original description: Acanthobrama lissneri Tortonese, 1952: 271 [Lake Tiberias (Galilée), Israel ; holotype : MIZT 3868].— Israel synonyms: Acanthobrama terraesanctae oligolepis Karaman, 1972.—Revisions: Goren et al. (1973: 302) , Freyhof & Özulug (2014: 8) .—Illustration: Goren et al. (1973: 303 , fig. 5). Status in Israel . First record from Israel by Tortonese (1952) ; recorded by Steinitz (1953: 212) as Acanthobrama terrae-sanctae and A. lissneri ; confirmed by Goren (1974: 70) , Goren & Ortal (1999: 4) .—Israel material: HUJ, MIZT. Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Israel : Jordan River basin and the coastal plain.—Distribution in River Basin: 1-Western Basin, 2-Dead Sea Basin, 3-Kinneret Basin.—General distribution: Middle East: Israel , Jordan , and Syria .—Distribution in Ecoregion: 436-Coastal Levant, 438- Jordan River.—Habitat: This species is inhabiting in lakes and rivers. Freshwater. Economic importance. No commercial importance. Conservation. Conservation Status in Israel : This species is protected in Israel .—IUCN: NT ( IUCN 2023 ).— Threats: ABS, CLI, CON, EUT, HAB.—Moderate sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered a keystone species.—Decline status: Decreasing.—Moderate priority for conservation action.