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
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2023-11-13
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Chelon ramada
(
Risso, 1827
)
[N]—Thinlip mullet; Kiphon tubar
Taxonomy.
Original description:
Mugil ramada
Risso, 1827: 390
[Nice,
France
, northwestern Mediterranean Sea; no
types
known].—
Israel
synonyms:
Liza ramado
(
Risso, 1810
)
;
Chelon ramado
(
Risso, 1827
)
;
Liza ramada
(
Risso, 1827
)
.—Revisions:
Durand & Borsa (2015: 268)
.—Illustration: Ben-Tuvia in
Whitehead
et al.
(1986: 1200
, fig.) as
Liza ramada
.
Status in
Israel
.
First record from Israeli freshwater by
Yashouv & Brener (1961)
; confirmed by
Goren & Ortal (1999: 4)
as
Liza ramada
,
Golani & Mires (2000)
,
Tadmor-Levi
et al.
(2022)
.—Israel material: HUJ.
Distribution and habitat.
Distribution in
Israel
: Mediterranean watersheds.—Distribution in River Basin: 1- Western Basin, 2-Dead Sea Basin, 3-Kinneret Basin.—General distribution: Western Baltic Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; Black Sea; eastern Atlantic: southern
Norway
south to
Senegal
, including Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands and
Cape Verde
Islands. Introduced in Red Sea.—Distribution in Ecoregion: 436-Coastal Levant, 438-
Jordan
River.—Habitat: This species is pelagic, near shore, entering lagoons and the lower reaches of rivers, and is often found in polluted waters. It spawns offshore at sea. Freshwater, brackish, marine.
Economic importance.
Commercially important.
Conservation.
Conservation status in
Israel
: Unknown.—IUCN: LC (
IUCN 2023
).—Threats:
No major
threats known.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered a keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.— Low priority for conservation action.
Remarks.
This species is naturally found in Mediterranean watersheds. Its fingerlings are annualy stocked to Lake Kinneret and in fish farms.