WoRMS taxon details
Coptodon guineensis (Günther, 1862)
1021112 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1021112)
accepted
Species
Chromis guineensis Günther, 1862 · unaccepted
Chromis lata Günther, 1862 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Chromis latus Günther, 1862 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Chromis polycentra (Duméril, 1861) · unaccepted
Haligenes guineensis Bleeker, 1863 · unaccepted
Haligenes guineënsis Bleeker, 1863 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Tilapia affinis Duméril, 1861 · unaccepted
Tilapia guineensis (Bleeker, 1863) · unaccepted
Tilapia guineensis (Günther, 1862) · unaccepted
Tilapia guinensis (Günther, 1862) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Tilapia lata (Günther, 1862) · unaccepted
Tilapia polycentra Duméril, 1861 · unaccepted
Tilapia zillii guineensis (Günther, 1862) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chromis guineensis Günther, 1862) Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Coptodon guineensis (Günther, 1862). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1021112 on 2026-01-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chromis latus Günther, 1862) Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]
original description (of Chromis guineensis Günther, 1862) Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]
original description (of Tilapia affinis Duméril, 1861) Duméril, A. H. A. (1861). Poissons de la côte occidentale d'Afrique. <em>Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> v. 10 [for 1858]: 241-268, Pls. 20-23. [details]
original description (of Haligenes guineensis Bleeker, 1863) Bleeker, P. (1863). Mémoire sur les poissons de la côte de Guinée. <em>Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem (Ser. 2).</em> v. 18 (1862): 1-136, Pls. 1-28. [details]
original description (of Tilapia polycentra Duméril, 1861) Duméril, A. H. A. (1861). Poissons de la côte occidentale d'Afrique. <em>Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> v. 10 [for 1858]: 241-268, Pls. 20-23. [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]
original description (of Chromis guineensis Günther, 1862) Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]
original description (of Tilapia affinis Duméril, 1861) Duméril, A. H. A. (1861). Poissons de la côte occidentale d'Afrique. <em>Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> v. 10 [for 1858]: 241-268, Pls. 20-23. [details]
original description (of Haligenes guineensis Bleeker, 1863) Bleeker, P. (1863). Mémoire sur les poissons de la côte de Guinée. <em>Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem (Ser. 2).</em> v. 18 (1862): 1-136, Pls. 1-28. [details]
original description (of Tilapia polycentra Duméril, 1861) Duméril, A. H. A. (1861). Poissons de la côte occidentale d'Afrique. <em>Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> v. 10 [for 1858]: 241-268, Pls. 20-23. [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 (15 barcodes) (from synonym Tilapia guineensis (Bleeker, 1863))
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes) (from synonym Tilapia guineensis (Günther, 1862))
To Barcode of Life (26 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Tilapia guineensis (Günther, 1862))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Tilapia guineensis (Bleeker, 1863))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Tilapia polycentra Duméril, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Tilapia lata (Günther, 1862))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Chromis latus Günther, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Tilapia affinis Duméril, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Chromis guineensis Günther, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Haligenes guineensis Bleeker, 1863)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Coptodon guineensis)
To FishBase (from synonym Tilapia zillii guineensis (Günther, 1862))
To FishBase (from synonym Tilapia guineensis (Günther, 1862))
To FishBase (from synonym Tilapia guinensis (Günther, 1862))
To FishBase (from synonym Chromis lata Günther, 1862)
To FishBase (from synonym Haligenes guineënsis Bleeker, 1863)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chromis latus Günther, 1862)
To FishBase (from synonym Tilapia guineensis (Bleeker, 1863))
To FishBase (from synonym Chromis guineensis Günther, 1862)
To FishBase (from synonym Tilapia lata (Günther, 1862))
To FishBase (from synonym Chromis polycentra (Duméril, 1861))
To FishBase (from synonym Tilapia affinis Duméril, 1861)
To FishBase (from synonym Tilapia polycentra Duméril, 1861)
To FishBase (from synonym Haligenes guineensis Bleeker, 1863)
To GenBank (201 nucleotides; 146 proteins) (from synonym Chromis guineensis Günther, 1862)
To GenBank (201 nucleotides; 146 proteins)
To GenBank (201 nucleotides; 146 proteins) (from synonym Tilapia guinensis (Günther, 1862))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Chromis guineensis Günther, 1862 ex Bleeker; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2582521) (from synonym Chromis guineensis Günther, 1862)
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes) (from synonym Tilapia guineensis (Günther, 1862))
To Barcode of Life (26 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Tilapia guineensis (Günther, 1862))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Tilapia guineensis (Bleeker, 1863))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Tilapia polycentra Duméril, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Tilapia lata (Günther, 1862))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Chromis latus Günther, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Tilapia affinis Duméril, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Chromis guineensis Günther, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Haligenes guineensis Bleeker, 1863)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Coptodon guineensis)
To FishBase (from synonym Tilapia zillii guineensis (Günther, 1862))
To FishBase (from synonym Tilapia guineensis (Günther, 1862))
To FishBase (from synonym Tilapia guinensis (Günther, 1862))
To FishBase (from synonym Chromis lata Günther, 1862)
To FishBase (from synonym Haligenes guineënsis Bleeker, 1863)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chromis latus Günther, 1862)
To FishBase (from synonym Tilapia guineensis (Bleeker, 1863))
To FishBase (from synonym Chromis guineensis Günther, 1862)
To FishBase (from synonym Tilapia lata (Günther, 1862))
To FishBase (from synonym Chromis polycentra (Duméril, 1861))
To FishBase (from synonym Tilapia affinis Duméril, 1861)
To FishBase (from synonym Tilapia polycentra Duméril, 1861)
To FishBase (from synonym Haligenes guineensis Bleeker, 1863)
To GenBank (201 nucleotides; 146 proteins) (from synonym Chromis guineensis Günther, 1862)
To GenBank (201 nucleotides; 146 proteins)
To GenBank (201 nucleotides; 146 proteins) (from synonym Tilapia guinensis (Günther, 1862))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Chromis guineensis Günther, 1862 ex Bleeker; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2582521) (from synonym Chromis guineensis Günther, 1862)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
