Coptodon zillii (Gervais, 1848)

Baycelebi, Esra, 2020, Distribution and diversity of fish from Seyhan, Ceyhan and Orontes river systems, Zoosystematics and Evolution 96 (2), pp. 747-767 : 747

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.96.55837

publication LSID

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8870B1F8-189E-5317-A575-5D9755703D0E

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scientific name

Coptodon zillii (Gervais, 1848)
status

 

Coptodon zillii (Gervais, 1848)

Common names.

Tilapya / Redbelly tilapia.

Conservation.

Least Concern (LC).

Material examined.

FFR 06800 St. 1., - FSJF 2413 St. 17.

Distribution in the area.

It was found in the Lake Balık and stream Yıldırım, Orontes River in Turkey. According to the literature, it was reported from the coastal streams and the Orontes River in Syria ( Borkenhagen and Freyhof 2009).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Perciformes

Family

Cichlidae

Genus

Coptodon