Tilapia zillii

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Family : Cichlids ; Occasionally forms schools; is mainly diurnal . Prefers shallow, vegetated areas[1]. Fry are common in marginal vegetation and juveniles are found in the seasonal floodplain . Herbivorous, feeds on water plants and epiphyton, and some invertebrates . Substrate spawner [2]. Larvae develop in close association with substrate.

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Genus Tilapia

Both a genus of cichlid fishes and a general term for several of the larger cichlid species used in aquaculture.

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,163 meters (0 to 7,096 feet).[3]

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Acerina zillei Gervais • Acerina zillii Gervais • Chromis andreae Günther • Chromis caeruleomaculatus Rochebrune • Chromis coeruleomaculatus Rochebrune • Chromis faidherbii Rochebrune • Chromis melanopleura (Duméril • Chromis menzalensis Mitchell • Chromis mossambicus (Non Peters) 1852 • Chromis niloticus (Non Linnaeus) • Chromis tristrami< /i> (Günther • Chromis zillii (Gervais • Coptodon zillei (Gervais • Coptodon zillii (Gervais • Coptodus zillei (Gervais • Coptodus zillii (Gervais • Glyphisidon zillei (Gervais • Glyphisidon zillii (Gervais • Haligenes tristrami Günther • Sarotherodon zillei (Gervais • Sarotherodon zillii (Gervais • Sarotherodon zillii Günther • Tilapia caeruleomaculatus (Rochebrune • Tilapia christyi (Non Boulenger • Tilapia faidherbi (Rochebrune • Tilapia melanopleura Duméril • Tilapia menzalensis (Mitchell • Tilapia multiradiata Holly • Tilapia shariensis Fowler • Tilapia sparrmani multiradiata Holly • Tilapia sparrmanii Smith • Tilapia tristrami< /i> (Günther • Tilapia zillei (Gervais • Tilapia zilli (Gervais

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 23-Mar-1994

Similar Species

Members of the genus Tilapia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 40 species and subspecies in this genus:

T. adolphifrederici (Friedrich's Kivu Haplo) · T. alcalica (Graham's Cichlid) · T. auromarginata (Haplochromis Margarette Blotch) · T. betsileana (Trondo Mainty) · T. calliptera (Guinean Tilapia) · T. esculenta (Graham's Tilapia) · T. flava (Fuelleborn's Mouthbrooder) · T. giardi (Pink Happy) · T. guinasana (Otjikoto Tilapia) · T. guineensis (Guinean Tilapia) · T. hornorum (Wami Tilapia) · T. hornorum hornorum (Wami Tilapia) · T. humilior (Happy) · T. jallae (Jipe Tilapia) · T. leucosticta (Blue Spotted Tilapia) · T. livingstonii (Leka Keppe) · T. mariae (Black Mangrove Cichlid) · T. meeki (Blackchin Mouthbrooder) · T. microlepis (Yellowbelly Cichlid) · T. mossambica korogwe (Korogwe Tilapia) · T. nigripinnis (Lake Rukwa Tilapia) · T. nilotica rukwaensis (Lake Rukwa Tilapia) · T. nubila (Blue Victoria Mouthbrooder) · T. sparrmanii (Peruvian Torpedo) · T. pectoralis (Buffalo Springs Tilapia) · T. rangii (Northern Redbreast Bream) · T. rendalli (Blue Tilapia) · T. ruweti (Okavango Tilapia (FB)) · T. saka (Tilapia) · T. sheshekensis (Sparrman's Bream) · T. shirana chilwae (Chilwa Tilapia) · T. sparrmani (Sparrman's Bream) · T. sparrmanii (Banded Bream) · T. guinasana (Sparrman's Bream) · T. sparsidens (Kululu) · T. stormsi (Wami Tilapia) · T. vulcani (Zebra Malawi Cichlid) · T. cameronensis (Redbelly Tilapia) · T. zilli (Redbelly Tilapia) · T. zillii (Cichlid)

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Further Reading

• Bulletin of entomological research. Farnham Royal: Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux. url p. 203, p. 204, p. 493.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 142, p. 148, p. 15, p. 21, p. 22, p. 23, p. 302, p. 404, p. 405, p. 419.
• California fish and game. [San Francisco, etc.]: State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game. url p. 20, p. 228, p. 233, p. 266, p. 267, p. 27, p. 283, p. 3, p. 54, p. 55.
• Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history). .. London, Printed by order of the Trustees [by Taylor and Francis]1909-16. url , .
• Commercial fisheries review. [Washington]: National Marine Fisheries Service; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.] url p. 140, p. 50, p. 74, p. 84.
• Current bibliography for aquatic sciences and fisheries. London, Taylor & Francis ltd. url p. 354, p. 355, p. 422, p. 425, p. 458, p. 46, p. 490, p. 528, p. 544, p. 552, p. 564, p. 565, p. 609, p. 653, p. 700, p. 821.
• Current bibliography for fisheries science. Rome, Biology Branch, Fisheries Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. url p. 139.
• Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 12, p. 161, p. 166, p. 227, p. 245, p. 267, p. 277, p. 305, p. 306, p. 332, p. 333, p. 334, p. 46, p. 495, p. 502, p. 51.
• Directory of Wetlands of International Importance IUCN url p. 244, p. 444.
• Fishery circular / U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Fisheries. [Washington]: The Bureau, 1931-1939. url p. 156.
• International catalogue of scientific literature. LondonPublished for the International Council by the Royal Society of London1901-1920 url p. 39.
• Journal and proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 9 1913 Calcutta, Asiatic Society of Bengal. url p. 32, p. 39.
• Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, url p. 24.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 340, p. 344.
• Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. London: Academic Press, [etc.], 1833-1965. url p. 158, p. 160.
• Report of the Wellcome tropical research laboratories at the Gordon memorial college, Khartoum. Khartoum, Pub. for Department of education, Sudan government, by Baillière, Tindall & Cox, London, 1904-11. url p. 474.
• The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, url p. 157, p. 158, p. 159.
• The Journal of the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society. London; Longmans, Green, [1910]-1942. url p. 14.
• The Review of applied entomology. Farnham Royal, Eng. [etc.]: Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux [etc.] url p. 209, p. 303.
• The fishes of the Nile. Text 1907 London, Pub. for the Egyptian government by H. Rees, ltd., 1907. url p. 465, p. 498, p. 520, p. 525, p. 577, p. xvii.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• FishBase 2006.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 17, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 20 providers.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 17, 2007:

• Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates, Fish Collection
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection
• Israel Nature and Parks Authority, Israel Nature and Parks Authority
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Ichtyologie
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, MCZ Fish Collection
• Royal Ontario Museum, Fish specimens
• Senckenberg, Collection Pisces
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Fishes
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Biological Records Centre - Database for the Atlas of Freshwater Fishes

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3862422
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-23860
• Fishbase Species ID: 1390
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13524100
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 169813
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AFCQJ04050
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 126618

Footnotes

1. Eccles, D.H. (1992). FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the freshwater fishes of Tanzania. FAO, Rome. 145 p. [back]
2. Bailey, R.G. (1994). Guide to the fishes of the River Nile in the Republic of the Sudan. J. Nat. Hist. 28:937-970. [back]
3. Mean = 510.850 meters (1,676.017 feet), Standard Deviation = 475.460 based on 199 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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