Astatotilapia flaviijosephi, the Jordan mouthbrooder, is a vulnerable species of freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae (cichlids).[1] It is found in the central Jordan River system, including Lake Tiberias (Kinneret), in Israel, Jordan and Syria,[1][2] making it the only haplochromine cichlid to naturally range outside of Africa.[3][4] This species is too small to be of significant importance to fisheries,[5] unlike the only other cichlids native to the Levant, the economically important tilapias (Oreochromis aureus, O. niloticus, Sarotherodon galilaeus, Coptodon zillii and Tristramella).[3][6]