Cichlids from Israel

[rickson]

in israel you reported 0 cichlids but there are some, not many but stil cichlids like: Tilapia zilli, Oreochromis aureus, Oreochromis niloticus, Oreochromis niloticus vulcani.
and some who are endemic to israel: Tristramella simonis, Haplochromis flaviijosephi,Nun galilaeus,Tristramella sacra,Tristramella simonis intermedia, and another cichlid that is a mutent and is rare and endemic to a big pond in isrel and protected by the authoretis.
i hope i helped a little bit .
by the way great job on thepage you launched.

[Don Hiatt]

Hi Juan,
I know you are asking for Central America species right now, but
Rickson is correct about the native cichlids of Isreal.

Many species of African tilapia are also native to this area.

The genus Tristamella is only found in Israel and Jordan.

Haplochromis flaviijosephi is now an Astatotilapia. I believe this fish is a Jordan river endemic, but I may be wrong on that one.

Iranocichla hormuzensis (Code 1982) should be added to the link to Iran.

Danakilia franchettii (Vinciguerra, 1931) from Ethiopia should be added also. There are other native, yet non endemic species found there and I will try to get you the names.

As far as CA cichlids go, I remember reading in more than one book that one of the yellow Parachromis were found in Nicaragua. If I remember correctly Don Conkel said loisellei was found there.

[Don Hiatt]

Hi Juan,
I believe the Tilapia species rickson mentioned for Israel are all native with Tristramella being endemic to that part of the world. Tristramella sacra is endemic to Lake Tiberias (Sea of Galilee). This lake is located on the Syrian border (another country I forgot to mention). Most of the info I have found in the past was either in Hebrew or Arabic and I can't remember the exact details of the other species.

On a taxonomic side note: Tristramella was formerly Parachromis!!
This has since been revised.

[Juan Artigas]

Rickson,

Isnt Oreochromis niloticus vulcani endemic tu Turkana?

[Juan Artigas]

Don and Rickson,

Done for the Cichlids from Israel, just two doubts, Nun galilaeus is not a cichlid and Astatotilapia flaviijosephi apparently is found in Syria and Jordania as well.

Thanks again! I guess we derived from Central American Cichlids, I will move further discussion on this to Asian cichlid section.

[Don Hiatt]

Hi Juan,
Rickson may have been thinking of Sarotherodon galilaeus.

http://fishbase.sinica.edu.tw/summary/S ... hp?id=1389

Here are some others:

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/Species ... hp?id=6912

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/Species ... hp?id=6911

http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/Summary/Sp ... hp?id=6910

Good old Fishbase. lol

Here are some pictures from a site in Israel.

http://www.israquarium.co.il/Fish/Israe ... shABC.html

As you can see from this link, vulcani is listed as an Isreali fish. I can't read Hebrew, so I don't know if they list it as a native or not. I do know that galilaeus, niloticus niloticus are natives and I belive aureus is too.

[Juan Artigas]

Thanks Don, I have created a new Asian cichlids forum and moved the related topics in the thread to this section. Now that we are in this, please let me know of other Asian cichlids that I shold allocate in their countries.

[rickson]

the Oreochromis niloticus vulcani was enterd to israel he isnt endemic.
and you are right the Nun galilaeus is a carp not a cichlid, my mistake.
if you want i can read from the israeli website that Nandus added and tell you what they say in there, so just let me know

[Juan Artigas]

Rickson,

Yes please, I would like an accurate and complete list of cichlids for Israel, Thanks

[rickson]

ok so ill get to work.
by the way acording to the israeli website there is another cichlid that i didnt mentiond the Oreochromis mossambicus who was enterd to israel from africa.

[Juan Artigas]

Thanks so much. I will include then O. mossabicus as Introduced. Is there any reference they mention for that?

[rickson]

Oreochromis aureus: size:18" temp:8-30c ph:6-8 breeding:mouthbrooder diet:ominvor Temperament:aggresive location: can be found in lake tiberias, jordan river and some parts of asia

Oreochromis mossambicus:size:18" temp:8-35c ph:6-8 breeding:mouthbrooder diet:ominvor Temperament:aggresive location: can be found in lake tiberias, jordan river origenely from africa

Oreochromis niloticus niloticus:size:28" temp:8-35c ph:6-8 breeding:mouthbrooder diet:ominvor Temperament:aggresive location:lake tiberias

Oreochromis niloticus vulcani:size:12" temp:14-35c ph:6-8 breeding:mouthbrooder diet:ominvor Temperament:aggresive location:introduced to israel from turky

Haplochromis flaviijosephi:size:6" temp:18-26c ph:6-8 breeding:mouthbrooder diet:ominvor Temperament:aggresive location:lake tiberias, jordan river.

[rickson]

Sarotherodon galilaeus galilaeus:size:18" temp:16-28c ph:6-8 breeding:mouthbrooder diet:ominvor Temperament:very aggresive location:lake tiberias, jordan river also could be found on some parts of asia and africa.

Tilapia zillii:size:12" temp:7-35c ph:6-9 breeding:Substrate Spawner diet:ominvor Temperament:very aggresive location:can be found all over israel and in salt water as well

Tristramella sacra:size:11" temp:14-28c ph:6-8 breeding:mouthbrooder diet:mostly carnivore Temperament:very aggresive location:can be found only in lake tiberias and is very rare

Tristramella simonis intermedia:size9" temp:10-28c ph:6-8 breeding:mouthbrooder diet:mostly carnivore Temperament:very aggresive location:can be found only in lake tiberias

[rickson]

and i think that this is the last
Tristramella simonis simonis:size:9" temp:10-28c ph:6-8 breeding:mouthbrooder diet:ominvor Temperament:aggresive location:lake tiberias, jordan river.
in the nature they live in groups in deep water around 25 meters

[Paulo José Alves]

Hi


Does anyone have a picture of Astatotilapia flavijosephi? And of A. desfontainesi?

[Juan Artigas]

Well, I think the list for Israel is complete now. Thanks so much! Now what I need is good pictures to illustrate the species in the Cichlid Room Companion catalogue, as I noticed I dont have pictures to illustrate any of them! If you know who has someone I could ask to, please let me know.

Thanks again

[rickson]

Hi


Does anyone have a picture of Astatotilapia flavijosephi? And of A. desfontainesi?

here is flavijosephi
http://aqua.israel.net/aquadex/config/P ... ictId=1926

[Don Hiatt]

Very nice. I always wondered what that species looked like. Thanks for posting.

Rickson,
Have you ever tried to collect anything over there before? I know Juan could use some pictures. Hint, Hint..

[rickson]

well this weekend i was supposed to go to lake tiberias to collect some cichlids and other fish with my brother in law but this plan was cancelled,
by the way i never tried to collect there before but when i was a small kid my father used to fish there and we would barbecue the tasty cichlids, but then i wasnt familiar with all those species.
but near my city there is a few small ponds that i collected from, but the only thing i found there is Tilapia zillii which i have in my collective tank and i raised him since he was 1" and now his about 9", also in that pond there is Gambusia affinis and Clarias gariepinus {Sharptooth Catfish}.

[Bas Pels]

This Tilapia zilli is also mentioned in the Bible - also to be eaten I'm afraid.