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 Salariopsis burcuae Yoğurtçuoğlu, Kaya, Atalay, Ekmekçi, & Freyhof, 2023 [N] — Freshwater blenny; Karnun ha’naharot Taxonomy. Original description: Salariopsis burcuae Yoğurtçuoğlu, Kaya, Atalay, Ekmekçi, & Freyhof, 2023: 90 , fig. 3-5 [Türkiye: Adana prov. : Körkün River at Hacılı, 37.2947 35.1539 ; holotype : FFR 4260 ].— Israel synonyms: None.—Revisions: None.—Illustration: Yoğurtçuoğlu et al. (2023 : fig. 3-5) . Status in Israel . Reported from Israel by Lortet (1883: 129 , 130) as Blennius varus and B. lupulus , Tristram (1884: 162) as Blennius varus and B. lupulus ; first record from Israel by Steinitz (1953: 223) as Blennius vulgaris ; confirmed by Goren (1974: 101) as Salaria fluviatilis , Goren & Ortal (1999: 4) as Salaria fluviatilis .—Israel material: HUJ. Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Israel : Mediterranean watersheds and Lake Kinneret basins.— Distribution in River Basin: 1-Western Basin, 2-Dead Sea Basin, 3-Kinneret Basin.—General distribution: Middle Asia: Mediterranean coastal watersheds from Antalya ( Türkiye ) to Israel .—Distribution in Ecoregion: 436-Coastal Levant, 438- Jordan River.—Habitat: This species is mainly a riverine species that can also be found in lakes. Freshwater, brackish, marine. Economic importance. No commercial importance. Conservation. Conservation Status in Israel :Unknown.—IUCN: NE (2023).—Threats:Unknown.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered a keystone species.—Decline status: Stable.—Low priority for conservation action. Remarks. Previous records of Salaria fluviatilis in Israel refer to S. burcuae ( Yoğurtçuoğlu et al. 2023 ) .