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 Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758 [I]—Common carp; Karpyon matzui Taxonomy. Original description: Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758: 320 [Europe; syntypes : BMNH 1853.11.12.139 (1, skin)].— Israel synonyms: None.—Revisions: Berg (1949: 831) .—Illustration: Berg (1949: 833 , fig. 572). Status in Israel . First record from Israel by Hornel (1935); confirmed by Tal & Shelubsky (1951) , Goren & Ortal (1999) , Tadmor-Levi et al. (2022) .—Israel material: HUJ. Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Israel : Introduced in some lentic ecosystems.—Distribution in River Basin: 1-Western Basin, 2-Dead Sea Basin, 3-Kinneret Basin.—General distribution: Western Europe (native to the Black Sea basin, possibly also Caspian and Aral Sea’s basins), widely introduced worldwide, also many multicolor varieties.—Distribution in Ecoregion: 436-Coastal Levant, 438- Jordan River.—Habitat: This species inhabits slow-flowing, and still waters, such as lowland rivers and large, well-vegetated lakes. Introduced in all types of water bodies. Spawns along shorelines or in backwaters. Successful survival of larvae is only possible in warm water, among shallow submerged vegetation. Freshwater, brackish. Economic importance. Commercially important. Reasons of introduction. Fisheries: enhancement of wild stocks and sports fishing. Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).