Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Author
Love, Milton S.
0000-0003-0981-0061
love@lifesci.ucsb.edu
Author
Bizzarro, Joseph J.
0000-0002-2412-9357
joe.bizzarro@noaa.gov
Author
Cornthwaite, Maria
0000-0002-1528-3272
maria.cornthwaite@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Author
Frable, Benjamin W.
0000-0003-4525-0671
bfrable@ucsd.edu
Author
Maslenikov, Katherine P.
0000-0003-0981-0061
love@lifesci.ucsb.edu
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-10-19
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Coptodon zillii
(Gervais, 1848)
.
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)
.