Chelon labrosus ( 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

Chelon labrosus ( Risso, 1827) [N]—Thicklip grey mullet; Kiphon kilon

Taxonomy. Original description: Mugil labrosus Risso, 1827: 389 [Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea; no types known].— Israel synonyms: Mugil chelo Cuvier, 1829 .—Revisions: Durand & Borsa (2015: 268).— Illustration: Ben-Tuvia in Whitehead et al. (1986: 1198, fig.).

Status in Israel. First record from Israeli freshwater was by Yashouv & Brener (1961); confirmed by Goren & Ortal (1999), Golani & Mires (2000).—Israel material: HUJ.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Israel:Mediterranean watersheds.—Distribution in River Basin: 1-Western Basin, 2-Dead Sea Basin.—General distribution: Baltic Sea; North Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; Black Sea; eastern Atlantic: Norway and Iceland south to Senegal, including Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands and Cape Verde Islands.—Distribution in Ecoregion: 436-Coastal Levant, 438- Jordan River.—Habitat: This species is pelagic, near shores, sometimes in lagoons and estuaries. It spawns at sea in coastal surface water. 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. It was stocked accidentally in the freshwater systems.