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Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848) 
AphiaID: 282980

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Cichlidae (Family) > Pseudocrenilabrinae (Subfamily) > Tilapia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Tilapia Smith, 1840
Synonymised
taxa
  Acerina zillei Gervais, 1848 (misspelling)
Acerina zillii Gervais, 1848
Chromis andreae Günther, 1864
Chromis caeruleomaculatus Rochebrune, 1880 (misspelling)
Chromis coeruleomaculatus Rochebrune, 1880
Chromis faidherbii Rochebrune, 1880
Chromis melanopleura (Duméril, 1861)
Chromis menzalensis Mitchell, 1895
Chromis tristrami (Günther, 1860)
Chromis zillii (Gervais, 1848)
Coptodon zillei (Gervais, 1848) (misspelling)
Coptodon zillii (Gervais, 1848)
Coptodus zillei (Gervais, 1848) (misspelling)
Coptodus zillii (Gervais, 1848)
Glyphisidon zillei (Gervais, 1848) (misspelling)
Glyphisidon zillii (Gervais, 1848)
Haligenes tristrami Günther, 1860
Sarotherodon zillei (Gervais, 1848) (misspelling)
Sarotherodon zillii (Gervais, 1848)
Tilapia caeruleomaculatus (Rochebrune, 1880) (misspelling)
Tilapia faidherbi (Rochebrune, 1880) (misspelling)
Tilapia melanopleura Duméril, 1861
Tilapia menzalensis (Mitchell, 1895)
Tilapia multiradiata Holly, 1928
Tilapia shariensis Fowler, 1949
Tilapia sparrmani multiradiata Holly, 1928
Tilapia tristrami (Günther, 1860)
Tilapia zillei (Gervais, 1848) (misspelling)
Tilapia zilli (Gervais, 1848) (misspelling)
Sources  additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English redbelly tilapia  [details]
Hebrew אמנון מצוי  [details]
Direct child
taxa

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Subspecies Tilapia zillii guineensis (Günther, 1862) accepted as Tilapia guineensis (Günther, 1862)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details]
Host of  Ergasilus lizae Krøyer, 1863 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Ergasilus fryeri Paperna, 1964 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lamproglena monodi Capart, 1944 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lernaea cyprinacea Linnaeus, 1758 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lernaea hardingi Fryer, 1956 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (32 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To ITIS
Image 
Tilapia melanopleura
[image from synonym]
Tilapia melanopleura
added on 2008-12-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282980
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  created  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282980 on 2013-05-24
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