Tilapia zillii

Redbelly tilapia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Tilapia
Species: T. zillii
Binomial name
Tilapia zillii
(Gervais, 1848)
Synonyms
  • Acerina zillei Gervais, 1848 (misspelling)
  • Acerina zillii Gervais, 1848
  • Chromis andreae Günther, 1864
  • Chromis caeruleomaculatus Rochebrune, 1880 (misspelling)
  • Chromis coeruleomaculatus Rochebrune, 1880
  • Chromis faidherbii Rochebrune, 1880
  • Chromis melanopleura (Duméril, 1861)
  • Chromis menzalensis Mitchell, 1895
  • Chromis tristrami (Günther, 1860)
  • Chromis zillii (Gervais, 1848)
  • Coptodon zillei (Gervais, 1848) (misspelling)
  • Coptodon zillii (Gervais, 1848)
  • Coptodus zillei (Gervais, 1848) (misspelling)
  • Coptodus zillii (Gervais, 1848)
  • Glyphisidon zillei (Gervais, 1848) (misspelling)
  • Glyphisidon zillii (Gervais, 1848)
  • Haligenes tristrami Günther, 1860
  • Sarotherodon zillei (Gervais, 1848) (misspelling)
  • Sarotherodon zillii (Gervais, 1848)
  • Tilapia caeruleomaculatus (Rochebrune, 1880) (misspelling)
  • Tilapia faidherbi (Rochebrune, 1880) (misspelling)
  • Tilapia melanopleura Duméril, 1861
  • Tilapia menzalensis (Mitchell, 1895)
  • Tilapia multiradiata Holly, 1928
  • Tilapia shariensis Fowler, 1949
  • Tilapia sparrmani multiradiata Holly, 1928
  • Tilapia tristrami (Günther, 1860)
  • Tilapia zillei (Gervais, 1848) (misspelling)
  • Tilapia zilli (Gervais, 1848) (misspelling)[1]

The redbelly tilapia (Tilapia zillii) is a species of fish in the cichlid family. It is found widely in Africa and the Middle East, but has also been introduced outside its native range.[2] It is an important food fish and sometimes seen in the aquarium trade. Its natural habitats are marginal vegetation and seasonal floodplain streams, lakes, and ponds. Recent authorites place it in Coptodon (rather that Tilapia) as Coptodon zillii.[2]

Species of "St. Peter's fish"

The Tilapia zillii found in the Sea of Galilee is known as "Common St. Peter's fish" or simply "St. Peter's fish", in Arabic musht, lit. "comb", a term adopted also into Modern Hebrew.[3] There are two other species also known as St. Peter's fish: the "Galilee St. Peter's fish" (Mango tilapia, Sarotherodon galileus; Arabic musht 'abyad), which is white and larger than the common version, and the large, dark "Jordan St. Peter's fish" (Oreochromis aureus, blue tilapia or Israeli tilapia), which traditionally used to swim to the Sea of Galilee coming down the Jordan River from Lake Huleh.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282980
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Coptodon zillii" in FishBase. September 2016 version.
  3. 1 2 Aharon Geva-Kleinberger, Autochthonous Texts in the Arabic Dialect of the Jews of Tiberias, Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbanden 2009, volume 046, pp. 67 and 107, ISBN 978-3-447-05934-3


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