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.

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