Living National Treasures: Israel and Palestine

Checklists of  Endemics

Mammal Species 5

Bird Species 0

Reptile Species 1

Amphibian Species 1

Freshwater Fish Species 3

Marine Fish Species 8

Vertebrate Genera 0

Swallowtail & Milkweed Butterfly Species 0

Vascular Plant Genera 0

Families & Orders 0


Taxonomic Sources & Caveats

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Checklist of Endemic Freshwater Fish Species

This list of freshwater fish species found exclusively in Israel and Palestine is based on the taxonomy used in
FishBase 2004 (2004). For further details on possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.

FishBase 2004: a global information system on fishes. DVD. WorldFish Center - Philippine Office, Los Banos, Philippines.  Published in May 2004.

The current version of this electronic database is accessible here.

OC = a FishBase occurrence record suggests a specimen from another country outside normal stated range ( these vary widely in reliability from obvious misidentifications to being almost certainly correct)

x = extinct


Tristramella sacra (Cichlidae) Long-jaw Tristram Tilapia

Acanthobrama hulensis (Cyprinidae)

Acanthobrama terraesanctae x OC (Cyprinidae) Kinneret Bleak