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 Oreochromis mossambicus Peters, 1852 [I]— Mozambique tilapia; Amnun mozambiq Taxonomy. Original description: Chromis (Tilapia) mossambicus Peters, 1852: 681 [Zambezi River, Mozambique (East Africa); syntypes : BMNH (ex Peters) 1861.5.2.58-59 (2), FMNH 54267 (ex CM 28989 (2) Mosambique; ZMB 2805-06 (2, 1), 16035 (3), 31564 (15)].—Israeli synonyms: Tilapia mossambica ( Peters, 1852 ) ; Sarotherodon mossambicus ( Peters, 1852 ) ; Oreochromis mossambica Peters, 1852 ; Oreochromis mosambica Peters, 1852 ; Chromis natalensis Weber, 1897 ; Chromis vorax Pfeffer 1893 ; Chromis dumerilii Steindachner, 1864 ; Labrodascyllus cimballii Di Caporiacco, 1948 ; Tilapia arnoldi Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917 .—Revisions: None.—Illustration: Lee et al. (1980: 774) as Tilapia mossambica . Status in Israel . First record from Israel by Ben Tuvia (1981) as Sarotherodon mossambicus ; confirmed by Golani & Lerner (2007) .—Israel material: HUJ. Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Israel : Freshwater stream flowing to the northern Gulf of Aqaba .— Distribution in River Basin: 2-Dead Sea Basin.—General distribution: Southeastern Africa; introduced widely elsewhere.—Distribution in Ecoregion: 438- Jordan River.—Habitat: This species occurs in all but fast-flowing waters and thrives in standing waters. Further south in its range, most common in blind estuaries and coastal lakes where it tolerates brackish and marine environments. It feeds on algae, especially diatoms, and detritus, large individuals also take insects and other invertebrates. Freshwater, brackish. Economic importance. No commercial in Israel , elsewhere commercially important. Reasons of introduction. Hybridiziation for Aquaculture/research. Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).