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 Oncorhynchus kisutch ( Walbaum, 1792 ) [I]—Coho salmon; Iltit ksufa Taxonomy. Original description: Salmo kisutch Walbaum, 1792: 70 [Rivers and Lakes of Kamchatka , Russia : no types known].— Israel synonyms: None.—Revisions: Berg (1948: 196) .—Illustration: Berg (1948: 197 , fig. 123). Status in Israel . First record from Israel by Golani & Shefler (1985) ; confirmed by Goren & Ortal (1999) , Golani & Mires (2000) .—Israel materials: HUJ. Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Israel : Recorded by a single specimen escape in Lake Kinneret.— Distribution in River Basin: 3-Kinneret Basin.—General distribution: North Pacific and Arctic; introduced elsewhere.—Distribution in Ecoregion: 438- Jordan River.—Habitat: This species usually occurs in cold streams, rivers, and lakes, but is also found in various habitats. Freshwater, brackish, marine. Economic importance. Commercially important. Reasons of introduction. Aquaculture. Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).