Redbreast tilapia

Redbreast tilapia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Coptodon
Species:
C. rendalli
Binomial name
Coptodon rendalli
(Boulenger, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Chromis rendalli Boulenger, 1897
  • Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger, 1897)
  • Tilapia sexfasciata Pellegrin, 1900
  • Tilapia latifrons Boulenger, 1906
  • Tilapia christyi Boulenger, 1915
  • Tilapia sykesii Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917
  • Tilapia kirkhami Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917
  • Tilapia druryi Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917
  • Tilapia mackeani Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917
  • Tilapia swierstrae Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917
  • Tilapia gefuensis Thys van den Audenaerde, 1964

The redbreast tilapia (Coptodon rendalli) is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae. It is found widely in the southern half of Africa. Its natural habitats are freshwater lakes and freshwater marshes. It is known as the redbreast kurper in South Africa.

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