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[N]—Pearl-spotted killifish; Na’avit khula
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Original description: 
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.—Revisions: 
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Esmaeili 
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Status in 
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First record from Israel by 
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.—Israel material: HUJ.
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<emphasis id="B931E63E8F1B606E95F1D606FE21B829" bold="true" box="[151,447,1050,1077]" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">Distribution and habitat.</emphasis>
Distribution in 
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River basin including the springs running to the Red Sea.— Distribution in River Basin: 2-Dead Sea Basin.—General distribution: 
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and Middle East: Tigris River basin (
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, 
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, 
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, 
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, and 
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).—Distribution in Ecoregion: 438- 
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River.—Habitat: This species inhabits a wide range of springs, streams, lakes, and rivers. Freshwater.
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<paragraph id="8BFA3A2C8F1B606E95F1D6B6FB74B8D8" blockId="20.[151,1437,798,1329]" box="[151,1258,1194,1221]" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">
<emphasis id="B931E63E8F1B606E95F1D6B6FE3AB8D9" bold="true" box="[151,420,1194,1220]" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">Economic importance.</emphasis>
No commercial importance. Has the potential to be used as aquarium fish.
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<paragraph id="8BFA3A2C8F1B606E95F1D6D2FB6BB92C" blockId="20.[151,1437,798,1329]" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">
<emphasis id="B931E63E8F1B606E95F1D6D2FEA1B8F5" bold="true" box="[151,319,1230,1256]" pageId="20" pageNumber="471">Conservation.</emphasis>
Conservation Status in 
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: Unknown.—IUCN: LC (
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).—Threats: There are many threats in the area, but none seems to be strong enough to threaten this species.—High sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Decreasing.—High priority for conservation action.
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