Published November 13, 2023 | Version v1

Cichla kelberi Kullander & Ferreira 2006

  • 1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Art and Sciences, Nevşehir Hacı BektaşVeli University, Nevşehir, Türkiye
  • 2. Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany
  • 3. Health Services Vocational School, Nevşehir Hacı BektaşVeli University, Nevşehir, Türkiye
  • 4. Faculty of Fisheries, Cukurova University, Türkiye
  • 5. Deparment of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Description

Cichla kelberi Kullander & Ferreira, 2006 [I]—Kelberi peacock bass; None

Taxonomy. Original description: Cichla kelberi Kullander & Ferreira, 2006: 324, figs. 28-32 [Tucurui, Pará, Brazil; holotype: MZUSP 92397].— Israel synonyms: None.—Revisions: None. Illustration: Kullander & Ferreira (2006: figs. 28-32).

Status in Israel. First record from Israel by Golani et al. (2019); confirmed by Golani et al. (2019).—Israel material: HUJ.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Israel: A single specimen from Lake Kinneret.—Distribution in River Basin: 3-Kinneret Basin.—General distribution: Araguaia River and lower Tocantins River drainages (Brazil). Introduced elsewhere.—Distribution in Ecoregion: 438- Jordan River.—Habitat: This species occurs in rivers. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Valuable for the aquarium trade.

Reasons of introduction. Aquarium escapee.

Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).

Remarks. A single specimen was collected in Lake Kinneret.

Notes

Published as part of Çiçek, Erdoğan, Fricke, Ronald, Sungur, Sevil, Çapar, Osman Bahadir & Golani, Daniel, 2023, Freshwater fishes of Israel; a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023, pp. 451-484 in Zootaxa 5369 (4) on page 465, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5369.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10146651

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References

  • Kullander, S. O. & Ferreira, E. J. G. (2006) A review of the South American cichlid genus Cichla, with descriptions of nine new species (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 17 (4), 289 - 398.