Coptodon zillii (Gervais, 1848)

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 246

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.26028/cybium/2022-462-3-001

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C63F87BA-E3B1-3FED-7584-DF89EF25F9C7

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scientific name

Coptodon zillii (Gervais, 1848)
status

 

Coptodon zillii (Gervais, 1848) View in CoL

Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848) [Synonym: senior, new�

Tilapia melanopleura Duméril, 1861 View in CoL [Synonym: junior, original� Occurrence: questionable

Maximum length: 40 cm SL

Water type: brackish, freshwater

Environment: benthopelagic

Depth range: _

Migration: potamodromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2020)

Source: preserved

Distribution and remarks: occurs in the Senegal, the Niger (and Benue), Chad basin, Volta, Ogun, Oshun, Bia, Comoe, Me, Bandama, Boubo and Sassandra. Elsewhere it is known from the Ubangui, Uele, and Ituri ( Congo), Lake Albert, Nile, Lake Turkana and the Jordan basin. It has been introduced into several hydrographic basins but absent natively form Lower Guinea. Might be introduced in Gabon for aquaculture.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Order

Perciformes

Family

Cichlidae

Genus

Coptodon

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Order

Perciformes

Family

Cichlidae

Genus

Tilapia

Loc

Coptodon zillii (Gervais, 1848)

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der 2022
2022
Loc

Tilapia melanopleura Duméril, 1861

Dumeril 1861
1861
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