Mirogrex hulensis


Mirogrex hulensis, sometimes known as the Hula bream, was a species of ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae.
Its natural habitats were swamps and freshwater lakes in Lake Hula in northern Israel. Mirogrex hulensis looked much like a sardine. In Israel other members of the genus often are called "sardin" in culinary terms.
The deliberate draining of [Lake Hula] in the 1950s led to the extinction of this species, along with the cichlid fish Tristramella intermedia. The Hula [painted frog] was believed to be extinct until a female specimen was found in 2011. Mirogrex hulensis was last recorded in 1975.

Description

This species had a maximum length of and was a bottom feeder with a diet of mollusks and zoobenthos. They spawned from February to April externally.