Coptodon zillii (Gervais, 1848)

Love, Milton S., Bizzarro, Joseph J., Cornthwaite, Maria, Frable, Benjamin W. & Maslenikov, Katherine P., 2021, Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, Zootaxa 5053 (1), pp. 1-285 : 171

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5053.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:295D03A4-589A-4E3F-B030-5121EF7D7398
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5607886
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BE87D6-FF3B-FF1F-98EA-F9E1F84D36B8
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Coptodon zillii (Gervais, 1848)
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** Coptodon zillii (Gervais, 1848) View in CoL .

Redbelly Tilapia. To 40 cm (15.7 in) SL ( Froese and Pauly 2019; note that we were unable to verify this record). Long Beach Harbor area ( Dill and Cordone 1997; M.L., unpubl. data). Primarily a freshwater species, T. zillii are periodically taken in Long Beach Harbor at least as far south as the Belmont Pier. They probably have been washed down rivers or creeks entering the harbor area. Previously as Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848) .