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

CoptodonGervais, 1853accepted 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

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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

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, brackish, fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

no data

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Last modified

2017-10-23 by Nicolas Bailly

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