WoRMS taxon details
Coptodon zillii (Gervais, 1848)
317356 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:317356)
accepted
Species
Acerina zillei Gervais, 1848 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Acerina zillii Gervais, 1848 · unaccepted
Chromis andreae Günther, 1864 · unaccepted
Chromis caeruleomaculatus Rochebrune, 1880 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Chromis coeruleomaculatus Rochebrune, 1880 · unaccepted
Chromis faidherbii Rochebrune, 1880 · unaccepted
Chromis melanopleura (Duméril, 1861) · unaccepted
Chromis menzalensis Mitchell, 1895 · unaccepted
Chromis tristrami (Günther, 1860) · unaccepted
Chromis zillii (Gervais, 1848) · unaccepted
Coptodon zillei (Gervais, 1848) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Coptodus zillei (Gervais, 1848) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Coptodus zillii (Gervais, 1848) · unaccepted
Glyphisidon zillei (Gervais, 1848) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Glyphisidon zillii (Gervais, 1848) · unaccepted
Haligenes tristrami Günther, 1860 · unaccepted
Sarotherodon zillei (Gervais, 1848) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Sarotherodon zillii (Gervais, 1848) · unaccepted
Tilapia caeruleomaculatus (Rochebrune, 1880) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Tilapia faidherbi (Rochebrune, 1880) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Tilapia melanopleura Duméril, 1861 · unaccepted
Tilapia menzalensis (Mitchell, 1895) · unaccepted
Tilapia multiradiata Holly, 1928 · unaccepted
Tilapia shariensis Fowler, 1949 · unaccepted
Tilapia sparrmani multiradiata Holly, 1928 · unaccepted
Tilapia tristrami (Günther, 1860) · unaccepted
Tilapia zilii (Gervais, 1848) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Tilapia zillei (Gervais, 1848) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Tilapia zilli (Gervais, 1848) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848) · unaccepted
(of Acerina zillii Gervais, 1848) Gervais, F. L. P. (1848). Sur les animaux vertébrés de l'Algérie, envisagés sous le double rapport de la géographie zoologique et de la domestication. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris (Zoologie) (Sér. 3).</em> v. 10: 202-208. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Coptodon zillii (Gervais, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=317356 on 2025-07-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Acerina zillii Gervais, 1848) Gervais, F. L. P. (1848). Sur les animaux vertébrés de l'Algérie, envisagés sous le double rapport de la géographie zoologique et de la domestication. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris (Zoologie) (Sér. 3).</em> v. 10: 202-208. [details]
original description (of Tilapia melanopleura 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 Tilapia multiradiata Holly, 1928) Holly, M. (1928). Fische aus dem Scharifluss, gesammelt von Herrn A. Weidholz, darunter drei noch nicht beschriebene Formen. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> v. 79: 183-190. [details]
original description (of Tilapia shariensis Fowler, 1949) Fowler, H. W. (1949). Results of the two Carpenter African expeditions, 1946-1948. Pt. II--The fishes. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 101: 233-275. [details]
original description (of Haligenes tristrami Günther, 1860) Günther, A. (1860). On the reptiles and fishes collected by the Rev. H. B. Tristram in northern Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1859 (pt 3): 469-474, Pl. 9. [details]
original description (of Acerina zillei Gervais, 1848) Gervais, F. L. P. (1848). Sur les animaux vertébrés de l'Algérie, envisagés sous le double rapport de la géographie zoologique et de la domestication. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris (Zoologie) (Sér. 3).</em> v. 10: 202-208. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Tilapia melanopleura 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 Tilapia multiradiata Holly, 1928) Holly, M. (1928). Fische aus dem Scharifluss, gesammelt von Herrn A. Weidholz, darunter drei noch nicht beschriebene Formen. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> v. 79: 183-190. [details]
original description (of Tilapia shariensis Fowler, 1949) Fowler, H. W. (1949). Results of the two Carpenter African expeditions, 1946-1948. Pt. II--The fishes. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 101: 233-275. [details]
original description (of Haligenes tristrami Günther, 1860) Günther, A. (1860). On the reptiles and fishes collected by the Rev. H. B. Tristram in northern Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1859 (pt 3): 469-474, Pl. 9. [details]
original description (of Acerina zillei Gervais, 1848) Gervais, F. L. P. (1848). Sur les animaux vertébrés de l'Algérie, envisagés sous le double rapport de la géographie zoologique et de la domestication. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris (Zoologie) (Sér. 3).</em> v. 10: 202-208. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., 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
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | redbelly tilapia [from synonym] | [details] |
| Hebrew | אמנון מצוי [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (188 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sarotherodon zillii (Gervais, 1848))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Chromis coeruleomaculatus Rochebrune, 1880)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Chromis andreae Günther, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Haligenes tristrami Günther, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Acerina zillii Gervais, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Chromis tristrami (Günther, 1860))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Tilapia zilli (Gervais, 1848))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Coptodus zillei (Gervais, 1848))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Tilapia melanopleura Duméril, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Tilapia menzalensis (Mitchell, 1895))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications) (from synonym Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Tilapia tristrami (Günther, 1860))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Chromis zillii (Gervais, 1848))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Chromis menzalensis Mitchell, 1895)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Coptodon zillii)
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia tristrami (Günther, 1860))
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia shariensis Fowler, 1949)
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia melanopleura Duméril, 1861)
To Fishbase (from synonym Acerina zillii Gervais, 1848)
To Fishbase (from synonym Sarotherodon zillii (Gervais, 1848))
To Fishbase (from synonym Chromis menzalensis Mitchell, 1895)
To Fishbase (from synonym Chromis andreae Günther, 1864)
To Fishbase (from synonym Chromis zillii (Gervais, 1848))
To Fishbase (from synonym Chromis tristrami (Günther, 1860))
To Fishbase (from synonym Chromis coeruleomaculatus Rochebrune, 1880)
To Fishbase (from synonym Chromis faidherbii Rochebrune, 1880)
To Fishbase (from synonym Chromis melanopleura (Duméril, 1861))
To Fishbase (from synonym Coptodus zillei (Gervais, 1848))
To Fishbase (from synonym Acerina zillei Gervais, 1848)
To Fishbase (from synonym Coptodus zillii (Gervais, 1848))
To Fishbase (from synonym Glyphisidon zillii (Gervais, 1848))
To Fishbase (from synonym Haligenes tristrami Günther, 1860)
To Fishbase (from synonym Coptodon zillei (Gervais, 1848))
To Fishbase (from synonym Sarotherodon zillei (Gervais, 1848))
To Fishbase (from synonym Glyphisidon zillei (Gervais, 1848))
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia zillei (Gervais, 1848))
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia zilli (Gervais, 1848))
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia caeruleomaculatus (Rochebrune, 1880))
To Fishbase (from synonym Chromis caeruleomaculatus Rochebrune, 1880)
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia faidherbi (Rochebrune, 1880))
To FishBase images (Coptodon zillii, Sri Lanka, by Ramani Shirantha)
To GenBank (481 nucleotides; 315 proteins)
To GenBank (481 nucleotides; 315 proteins) (from synonym Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848))
To GenBank (481 nucleotides; 315 proteins) (from synonym Acerina zillii Gervais, 1848)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848))
To Global Invasive Species Database (GISD) (from synonym Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tilapia zilli P04749 illustration) (from synonym Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848))
To PESI (from synonym Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sarotherodon zillii (Gervais, 1848))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Chromis coeruleomaculatus Rochebrune, 1880)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Chromis andreae Günther, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Haligenes tristrami Günther, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Acerina zillii Gervais, 1848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Chromis tristrami (Günther, 1860))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Tilapia zilli (Gervais, 1848))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Coptodus zillei (Gervais, 1848))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Tilapia melanopleura Duméril, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Tilapia menzalensis (Mitchell, 1895))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications) (from synonym Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Tilapia tristrami (Günther, 1860))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Chromis zillii (Gervais, 1848))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Chromis menzalensis Mitchell, 1895)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Coptodon zillii)
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia tristrami (Günther, 1860))
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia shariensis Fowler, 1949)
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia melanopleura Duméril, 1861)
To Fishbase (from synonym Acerina zillii Gervais, 1848)
To Fishbase (from synonym Sarotherodon zillii (Gervais, 1848))
To Fishbase (from synonym Chromis menzalensis Mitchell, 1895)
To Fishbase (from synonym Chromis andreae Günther, 1864)
To Fishbase (from synonym Chromis zillii (Gervais, 1848))
To Fishbase (from synonym Chromis tristrami (Günther, 1860))
To Fishbase (from synonym Chromis coeruleomaculatus Rochebrune, 1880)
To Fishbase (from synonym Chromis faidherbii Rochebrune, 1880)
To Fishbase (from synonym Chromis melanopleura (Duméril, 1861))
To Fishbase (from synonym Coptodus zillei (Gervais, 1848))
To Fishbase (from synonym Acerina zillei Gervais, 1848)
To Fishbase (from synonym Coptodus zillii (Gervais, 1848))
To Fishbase (from synonym Glyphisidon zillii (Gervais, 1848))
To Fishbase (from synonym Haligenes tristrami Günther, 1860)
To Fishbase (from synonym Coptodon zillei (Gervais, 1848))
To Fishbase (from synonym Sarotherodon zillei (Gervais, 1848))
To Fishbase (from synonym Glyphisidon zillei (Gervais, 1848))
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia zillei (Gervais, 1848))
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia zilli (Gervais, 1848))
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia caeruleomaculatus (Rochebrune, 1880))
To Fishbase (from synonym Chromis caeruleomaculatus Rochebrune, 1880)
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia faidherbi (Rochebrune, 1880))
To FishBase images (Coptodon zillii, Sri Lanka, by Ramani Shirantha)
To GenBank (481 nucleotides; 315 proteins)
To GenBank (481 nucleotides; 315 proteins) (from synonym Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848))
To GenBank (481 nucleotides; 315 proteins) (from synonym Acerina zillii Gervais, 1848)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848))
To Global Invasive Species Database (GISD) (from synonym Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tilapia zilli P04749 illustration) (from synonym Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848))
To PESI (from synonym Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848))
