WoRMS taxon details
Coptodon rendalli (Boulenger, 1897)
1013588 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1013588)
accepted
Species
Chromis rendalli Boulenger, 1897 · unaccepted
Chromis rendallii Boulenger, 1897 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Tilapia christyi Boulenger, 1915 · unaccepted
Tilapia druryi Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917 · unaccepted
Tilapia gefuensis Thys van den Audenaerde, 1964 · unaccepted
Tilapia kirkhami Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917 · unaccepted
Tilapia latifrons Boulenger, 1906 · unaccepted
Tilapia mackeani Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917 · unaccepted
Tilapia melanopleura rendalli (Boulenger, 1897) · unaccepted
Tilapia rendalii (Boulenger, 1897) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger, 1897) · unaccepted
Tilapia rendalli rendalli (Boulenger, 1897) · unaccepted
Tilapia rendallis (Boulenger, 1897) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Tilapia sexfasciata Pellegrin, 1900 · unaccepted
Tilapia swierstrae Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917 · unaccepted
Tilapia sykesii Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917 · unaccepted
(of Chromis rendalli Boulenger, 1897) Boulenger, G. A. (1897). Descriptions of new fishes from the Upper Shiré River, British Central Africa, collected by Dr. Percy Rendall, and presented to the British Museum by Sir Harry H. Johnston, K. C. B. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1896 (pt 4) (art. 2): 915-920, Pl. 47.
page(s): 915 [details]
page(s): 915 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Coptodon rendalli (Boulenger, 1897). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1013588 on 2026-02-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chromis rendalli Boulenger, 1897) Boulenger, G. A. (1897). Descriptions of new fishes from the Upper Shiré River, British Central Africa, collected by Dr. Percy Rendall, and presented to the British Museum by Sir Harry H. Johnston, K. C. B. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1896 (pt 4) (art. 2): 915-920, Pl. 47.
page(s): 915 [details]
original description (of Tilapia gefuensis Thys van den Audenaerde, 1964) Thys van den Audenaerde, D. F. E. (1964). Révision systématique des espèces congolaises du genre Tilapia (Pisces, Cichlidae). <em>Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Série in 8o, Sciences Zoologiques.</em> No. 124: 1-155, Pls. 1-11, 2 tables. [details]
original description (of Tilapia sexfasciata Pellegrin, 1900) Pellegrin, J. (1900). Cichlidés nouveaux de l'Afrique équatoriale. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 1).</em> v. 6 (no. 6): 275-278. [details]
original description (of Tilapia christyi Boulenger, 1915) Boulenger, G.A. (1915). Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III. Printed by order of the Trustees, London. 526 p. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
page(s): 915 [details]
original description (of Tilapia gefuensis Thys van den Audenaerde, 1964) Thys van den Audenaerde, D. F. E. (1964). Révision systématique des espèces congolaises du genre Tilapia (Pisces, Cichlidae). <em>Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Série in 8o, Sciences Zoologiques.</em> No. 124: 1-155, Pls. 1-11, 2 tables. [details]
original description (of Tilapia sexfasciata Pellegrin, 1900) Pellegrin, J. (1900). Cichlidés nouveaux de l'Afrique équatoriale. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 1).</em> v. 6 (no. 6): 275-278. [details]
original description (of Tilapia christyi Boulenger, 1915) Boulenger, G.A. (1915). Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III. Printed by order of the Trustees, London. 526 p. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
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. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (35 barcodes) (from synonym Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger, 1897))
To Barcode of Life (93 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Tilapia swierstrae Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Tilapia sykesii Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Tilapia christyi Boulenger, 1915)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Tilapia druryi Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Tilapia kirkhami Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Tilapia mackeani Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Tilapia latifrons Boulenger, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger, 1897))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Chromis rendalli Boulenger, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Tilapia sexfasciata Pellegrin, 1900)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Coptodon rendalli)
To FishBase
To Fishbase (from synonym Chromis rendalli Boulenger, 1897)
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia christyi Boulenger, 1915)
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia latifrons Boulenger, 1906)
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia mackeani Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917)
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia kirkhami Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917)
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia druryi Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917)
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia gefuensis Thys van den Audenaerde, 1964)
To GenBank (207 nucleotides; 137 proteins) (from synonym Chromis rendalli Boulenger, 1897)
To GenBank (207 nucleotides; 137 proteins) (from synonym Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger, 1897))
To GenBank (207 nucleotides; 137 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger, 1897))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Coptodon rendalli (Boulenger, 1897); NHMUK:ecatalogue:10193334)
To Barcode of Life (93 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Tilapia swierstrae Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Tilapia sykesii Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Tilapia christyi Boulenger, 1915)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Tilapia druryi Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Tilapia kirkhami Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Tilapia mackeani Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Tilapia latifrons Boulenger, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger, 1897))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Chromis rendalli Boulenger, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Tilapia sexfasciata Pellegrin, 1900)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Coptodon rendalli)
To FishBase
To Fishbase (from synonym Chromis rendalli Boulenger, 1897)
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia christyi Boulenger, 1915)
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia latifrons Boulenger, 1906)
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia mackeani Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917)
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia kirkhami Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917)
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia druryi Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917)
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia gefuensis Thys van den Audenaerde, 1964)
To GenBank (207 nucleotides; 137 proteins) (from synonym Chromis rendalli Boulenger, 1897)
To GenBank (207 nucleotides; 137 proteins) (from synonym Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger, 1897))
To GenBank (207 nucleotides; 137 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger, 1897))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Coptodon rendalli (Boulenger, 1897); NHMUK:ecatalogue:10193334)
