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Scientific Name Coptodon zillii  (Gervais, 1848)
Common Names Redbelly Tilapia
Zill's Tilapia
Type Locality Artesian well, Tuggurth, Algeria [North Africa].
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Size 400mm or 15.7" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution Africa and Eurasia: South Morocco, Sahara, Senegal River, Niger-Benue system, Sassandra and Bandama Rivers in Côte d"Ivoire, Volta system, Chad-Shari system, Ubangi-Uele-Ituri Rivers (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Lakes Mobutu and Turkana, Nile system and the Jordan system. Several countries report adverse ecological impact after introduction.
African Waters, Sénégal (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Nigeria Waters, Niger (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Nigeria Waters, Niger, Bénoué (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Côte de Ivoire Waters, Sassandra (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Côte de Ivoire Waters, Bandama (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Volta (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Chad (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Congo, Ubangi (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Congo, Upper Congo, Aruwimi, Ituri (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Congo, Ubangi, Uele (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Western Rift Valley Lakes, Albert (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Eastern Rift Valley Lakes, Turkana (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Nile (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Jordan (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019.
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris (Zoologie) (Sér. 3) v. 10, pp 203.
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Last Update 2019 Oct 20 08:02 (species record created: 2010 Dec 17 06:47)