Oedalechilus labeo ( Cuvier, 1829 )

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Fricke, Ronald, Sungur, Sevil, Çapar, Osman Bahadir & Golani, Daniel, 2023, Freshwater fishes of Israel; a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023, Zootaxa 5369 (4), pp. 451-484 : 473-474

Oedalechilus labeo ( Cuvier, 1829) [N]—Boxlip mullet; Kiphon siftani

Taxonomy. Original description: Mugil labeo Cuvier, 1829: 233 [Mediterranean Sea; lectotype: MNHN A-3606; lectotype selected by Blanc & Hureau (1971: 692)].— Israel synonyms: None.—Revisions: Durand et al. (2012: 693).—Illustration: Ben-Tuvia in Whitehead et al. (1986: 1203, fig.).

Status in Israel. First record from Israel by Goren & Ortal (1999).—Israel material: HUJ.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Israel:Mediterranean watersheds.—Distribution in River Basin: 1-Western Basin.—General distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; Eastern Atlantic: Portugal, northern Morocco, and Madeira; introduced elsewhere.—Distribution in Ecoregion: 436-Coastal Levant.—Habitat: This species is a benthopelagic, neritic species found inshore, at the mouths of rivers and sewage effluents, but not entering brackish or freshwater. 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.

Remark. It was stocked accidentally in the freshwater system.