Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Cichlidae > Coptodon > Coptodon zillii

Coptodon zillii (Zilli's tilapia; Zill's tilapia; Zille's cichlid; Redbelly tilapia; Mango fish; Cichlid)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The redbelly tilapia (Tilapia zillii) is a species of fish in the cichlid family. It is found widely in Africa and the Middle East, but has also been introduced outside its native range. It is an important food fish and sometimes seen in the aquarium trade. Its natural habitats are marginal vegetation and seasonal floodplain streams, lakes, and ponds. Recent authorites place it in Coptodon (rather that Tilapia) as Coptodon zillii.
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Invasive Species

View ISSG Record: Coptodon zillii

Attributes

Adult Length [1]  16 inches (40 cm)
Brood Dispersal [1]  In a nest
Brood Egg Substrate [1]  Psammophils
Brood Guarder [1]  Yes
Litter Size [1]  4,600
Maximum Longevity [1]  7 years
Migration [3]  Potamodromous
Adult Weight [2]  165 grams
Diet [3]  Omnivore
Female Maturity [1]  1 year 4 months
Male Maturity [2]  1 year 4 months

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Foret Classee de la Mare Aux Hippopotames Bird Reserve IV 37906 Burkina Faso  
Kibale National Park II 196202 Uganda
Omo Strict Natural Reserve Forest Reserve 328086 Nigeria  

Prey / Diet

Boiga dendrophila (Gold-ringed Cat Snake, Mangrove Snake)[4]
Lagarosiphon major (oxygen-weed)[4]
Microcystis aeruginosa[4]
Povilla adusta (African burrowing mayfly)[4]

Predators

Consumers

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 3Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 5del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 6Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0