Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Cichliformes > Family Cichlidae > Subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae > Genus Coptodon

Coptodon zillii (Gervais, 1848)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Coptodon*	Gervais, 1853	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Acerina zillei*	Gervais, 1848	orthographic variant
*Acerina zillii*	Gervais, 1848	synonym
*Tilapia zillii*	(Gervais, 1848)	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Coptodon zillii, Sri Lanka, by Ramani Shirantha)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Coptodon zillii (Gervais, 1848). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:317356