The non-native freshwater fishes of Hong Kong: diversity, distributions, and origins
Author
Chan, Jeffery C. F.
Author
Tsang, Alphonse H. F.
Author
Yau, Sze-man
Author
Hui, Tommy C. H.
Author
Lau, Anthony
Author
Tan, Heok Hui
Author
Low, Bi Wei
Author
Dudgeon, David
Author
Liew, Jia Huan
text
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
2023
2023-02-22
71
128
168
journal article
10.26107/RBZ-2023-0012
2345-7600
7815765
82C3DAD3-0920-4430-A93D-9F887A58DC1A
Coptodon zillii
(Gervais)
(
Fig. 28
, [LU])
Distribution.
Shing Mun River (
Chan, 2001
as
Tilapia zillii
); High Island Reservoir, Hok Tau Reservoir, Kowloon Reservoir, Lau Shui Heung Reservoir, Plover Cove Reservoir, Pok Fu Lam Reservoir, Kowloon Reception Reservoir, Shek Lei Pui Reservoir, Tai Lam Chung Reservoir (
Lai, 2011
as
Tilapia zillii
); Lok Ma Chau Loop, Tse Koo Hang area (Ove Arup & Partners
Hong Kong
Limited, 2013a as
Tilapia zillii
); Sham Wat River (Mott MacDonald
Hong Kong
Limited, 2014 as
Tilapia zillii
); Sandy Ridge Cemetery (Ove Arup & Partners
Hong Kong
Limited, 2016 as
Tilapia zillii
); Lin Fa Tei area (Atkins
China
Limited, 2020); Nam Sang Wai area (Black & Veatch
Hong Kong
Limited, 2020a; current survey); Shek Pik Reservoir (AFCD, 2021c); Ma Tso Lung Stream, Ping Yuen River, Yuen Long Bypass Floodway, Ho Chung River, Ma Wat River, Lam Tsuen River, Pak Ngan Heung Stream (DSD, 2021 as
Tilapia zillii
); Tung Chung River (
Green Power, 2021
); Wetland Park, Shui Lo Cho Stream, Pui O Stream, Shek Lei Pui Reservoir, Shap Long Irrigation Reservoir, Lamma Island area, Ting Kok area, Tai Tam Byewash Reservoir, Tan Shan River, Tai Ho River, Hang Hau Man Kuk Lane Park (GBIF.org, 2021); Deep Water Bay Stream, San Tin area, Ng Tung River, Sheung Yue River, Kam Tin River, Tsing Tai Stream, Shing Mun Reservoir, Lower Shing Mun Reservoir, Lam Tei Irrigation Reservoir, Hung Shui Hang Irrigation Reservoir, Kowloon Byewash Reservoir, Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir, Tai Tam Reservoir, Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir (current survey).
Native range.
Africa.
Remarks
. One of the most widespread cichlids in
Hong Kong
, thriving in both degraded lowland streams and pristine hill streams. Abundant in reservoirs where they are now found in greater numbers than
Oreochromis
spp.