Chelon ramada ( Risso, 1827 )

Saad, Adib, Çiçek, Erdoğan, Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Fricke, Ronald, Sungur, Sevil & Eagderi, Soheil, 2023, Freshwater fishes of Syria: a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023, Zootaxa 5350 (1), pp. 1-62 : 45

Chelon ramada ( Risso, 1827) [N]—Thinlip mullet; Bouri katan

Taxonomy. Original description: Mugil ramada Risso, 1827: 390 [Nice, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea; no types known].—Syrian 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 Syria. First record from Syria by Beckman (1962: 163) as Liza capito ; confirmed by Saad (2005).— Syrian material: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Syria: Mediterranean watersheds.—Distribution in River Basin: 4- Orontes, 6-Coastal.—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, 437-Orontes.— 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 Syria: Unknown.—IUCN: LC ( IUCN 2023).—Threats: No major threats known.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as a keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Low priority for conservation action.