Chelon ramada ( Risso, 1827 )

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 : 472-473

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.