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Short Jaw Tristramella
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IUCN VU · Vulnerable

Short Jaw Tristramella

Tristramella simonis

Tristramella simonis is a species of cichlid fish. It is common in the Sea of Galilee in Israel, and may also occur in a tributary of the Jordan River in Syria. It is the only member of the genus Tristramella that certainly remains extant. Of the other three taxa, two are certainly extinct and a third is possibly extinct. This species can reach a length of 25 centimetres (9.8 in) TL.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 114458.