Species Coptodon zillii (Gervais, 1848)

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External Links

• Acerina zillii 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. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris 3 10: 202-208 [203].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP ??? (lost), Sahara region, Africa.

 

Generic Combinations

• Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848). —
  Boulenger, G.A. 1899. A revision of the African and Syrian fishes of the family Cichlidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1899: 98-143 [119] (changed combination)
• Coptodon zillii (Gervais, 1848). —
  Dunz, A.R. & Schliewen, U.K. 2013. Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the haplotilapiine cichlid fishes formerly referred to as "Tilapia". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 68(1): 64-80 [18]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Only considered to be established in the Chapman River, Geraldton, WA (28°44'S, 114°38'E), also recorded from Perth in 1975 but that population is reported to have been eradicated; tropical.

Introduced from west-central Africa.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Geraldton Sandplains (GS)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Lentic freshwater.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1989. Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 240 pp., 63 pls. [215]

Allen, G.R., Allen, C.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Cichlidae. pp. 1435-1438 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [1438]

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [369] (species reported to have been eradicated from WA)

Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds) 2001. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218. [3336]

Corfield, J., Diggles, B., Jubb, C., McDowall, R.M., Moore, A., Richards, A. & Rowe, D.K. 2008. Review of the impacts of introduced ornamental fish species that have established wild populations in Australia. Prepared for the Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 277 pp.

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [37]

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R. 1989. Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 240 pp., 63 pls. [215] (Zilles Cichlid)

Arthington, A.H., Kailola, P.J., Woodland, D.J. & Zalucki, J.M. 1999. Baseline environmental data relevant to an evaluation of quarantine risk potentially associated with the importation to Australia of ornamental finfish. Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Canberra, ACT. pp. 451 (Redbelly Tilapia)

Corfield, J., Diggles, B., Jubb, C., McDowall, R.M., Moore, A., Richards, A. & Rowe, D.K. 2008. Review of the impacts of introduced ornamental fish species that have established wild populations in Australia. Prepared for the Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 277 pp. [19] (Redbelly Tilapia)

Lintermans, M. 2004. Human-assisted dispersal of alien freshwater fish in Australia. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 38(3): 481-501 [483] (Redbelly Tilapia)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Zille's Cichlid)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
27-Jul-2017	LABROIDEI	24-May-2017	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED