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The redbreast tilapia (Coptodon rendalli) is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae. It is found widely in the southern half of Africa. It is found widely in the southern half of Africa. Its natural habitats are freshwater lakes and freshwater marshes . [ 3 ]
Coptodon is a genus of cichlids native to fresh, brackish and coastal marine waters in Africa with C. zillii also found in the Middle East. It is the only genus in the tribe Coptodonini . Formerly included in Tilapia , this genus and tribe was separated in 2013. [ 1 ]
The redbelly tilapia (Coptodon zillii, syn. Tilapia zillii), also known as the Zille's redbreast tilapia or St. Peter's fish (a name also used for other tilapia in Israel), is a species of fish in the cichlid family. This fish is found widely in fresh and brackish waters in the northern half of Africa and the Middle East.
Tilapia (/ t ɪ ˈ l ɑː p i ə / tih-LAH-pee-ə) is the common name for nearly a hundred species of cichlid fish from the coelotilapine, coptodonine, heterotilapine, oreochromine, pelmatolapiine, and tilapiine tribes (formerly all were "Tilapiini"), with the economically most important species placed in the Coptodonini and Oreochromini. [2]
The second group, the tilapia, comprises only six species in two genera in Lake Malawi: The redbreast tilapia (Coptodon rendalli), a widespread African species, is the only substrate-spawning cichlid in the lake. [10] [66] This large cichlid mainly feeds on macrophytes.
The introduced species are three cichlids, the longfin tilapia (Oreochromis macrochir), blue-spotted tilapia (O. leucostictus) and redbreast tilapia (Coptodon rendalli), and a clupeid, the Lake Tanganyika sardine (Limnothrissa miodon) [27] [29] [30] The sardine is referred to locally as 'Ndagala' or 'Isambaza'. [31]
L. fuscomaculata is critically endangered due to deforestation, which is a major problem in Haiti; water pollution; the spread of invasive species such as the tilapias Oreochromis aureus and Coptodon rendalli and the common carp Cyprinus carpio; and the floods brought on by climate change. [1]
The ngege has declined precipitously in Lake Victoria due to early overfishing with the initial introduction of flax gill nets, followed by the introduced predatory Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and the highly competitive Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), with possible effects also attributable to the introduce Oreochromis leucostictus, Coptodon rendalli, and Coptodon zillii.