TABLE 4 in Freshwater fishes of Israel; a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023

TABLE 4. List of species to be excluded and their exclusion criteria (EQ) from the freshwater checklist of Israel (species are listed in alphabetical order).
SpeciesEQNoteBarbus continii Vinciguerra, 19261Hybrid of Carasobarbus canis and Luciobarbus logiceps (Krupp 1985).Alburnus sellal Heckel, 18433Reported by Lortet (1883: 169) and Tristram (1884: 176). Probably based on a misidentification.Gambusia affinis Baird & Girard, 18533This species not found in Israel. The correct name is Gambusia holbooki.Garra nana (Heckel, 1843)3This species not found in Israel. The correct name is Garra sauvagei.Garra rufa (Heckel, 1843)3This species not found in Israel. The correct name is Garra jordanica.Carassius carassius (Linnaeus, 1758)5Not established alien species (Goren & Ortal 1999).Channa micropeltes (Cantor, 1842)5Not established aquarium release (Golani et al. 2015).Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes, 1844)5Specimens released for biocontrol and aquaculture purposes. Released specimens do not reproduce in the wild.Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Valenciennes, 1844)5Introduced for fisheries purposes. Released specimens do not reproduce in the wild.Ictiobus cyprinellus (Valenciennes, 1844)5Introduced for fisheries. But it did not survive in the wild.Odontesthes bonariensis (Valenciennes, 1835)5Introduced for fisheries. But it did not survive in the wild.Piaractus brachypomus (Cuvier, 1818)5A few specimens were collected in Lake Kinneret. Not established.Sciaenops ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1766)5Several aquaculture escapees were collected in freshwater system. Not established.