zillii, Acerina Gervais [F. L. P.] 1848:203 [Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris (Zoologie) (Sér. 3) v. 10; ref. 18105] Artesian well, Tuggurth, Algeria [North Africa]. Syntypes: MNHN (lost). •Valid as Tilapia zillii (Gervais 1848) -- (Goren 1974:103 [ref. 7502], Lee et al. 1980:775 [ref. 22416], Trewavas 1982:12 [ref. 39521], Dor 1984:178 [ref. 29757], Krupp & Schneider 1989:400 [ref. 13651], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:540 [ref. 25598], Lévêque et al. 1989:123 [ref. 26480], Paugy & Bénech 1989:304 [ref. 26478], Lévêque 1990:43 [ref. 19786], Paugy et al. 1990:343 [ref. 26477], Page & Burr 1991:335 [ref. 18983] as zilli, Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde 1991:503 [ref. 20943], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:757 [ref. 21590], Goren & Dor 1994:49 [ref. 25356], Coad 1995:28 [ref. 23608], Mekkawy 1995:2 [ref. 23990], Mekkawy 1995:29 [ref. 21932], Golani 1996:26 [ref. 22271], Coad 1996:86 [ref. 25304] as zilli, Fuller et al. 1999:451 [ref. 25838], Dankwa et al. 1999:48 [ref. 28023], Nakabo 2000:916 [ref. 25182], Azeroual et al. 2000:20 [ref. 25366], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Carpenter 2001:3336 [ref. 26131] as zilli, Nakabo 2002:916 [ref. 26193], Moyle 2002:415 [ref. 26449], Carpenter 2003:1693 [ref. 27092], Hamidan 2004:391 [ref. 37679], Nelson et al. 2004:153 [ref. 27807], Seegers et al. 2003:46 [ref. 28087], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:211 [ref. 28183], Golani 2005:49 [ref. 37112], Love et al. 2005:132 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:424 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1438 [ref. 29081], Fricke et al. 2007:92 [ref. 29533], Fricke et al. 2009:77 [ref. 30213], Scharpf 2009:10 [ref. 30400], Minckley & Marsh 2009:269 [ref. 31114] as zilli, Coad 2010:267 [ref. 36620], Dunz & Schliewen 2010:2 [ref. 30890], Dunz & Schliewen 2010:279 [ref. 31064], Page & Burr 2011:614 [ref. 31215], Marshall 2011:242 [ref. 31755], Dunz & Schliewen 2012:18 [ref. 31983], Page et al. 2013:158 [ref. 32708], Kottelat 2013:375 [ref. 32989], Golani 2021:66 [ref. 38303]). •Valid as Coptodon zillii (Gervais 1848) -- (Dunz & Schliewen 2013:73 [ref. 32672], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:896 [ref. 34062], Çiçek et al. 2015:152 [ref. 35151], Kidé et al. 2016:1388 [ref. 37303], Schelly & Stiassny in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2709 [ref. 34618], Neumann et al. 2016:307 [ref. 35036] and as cf. zillii, Esmaeili et al. 2017:88 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:70 [ref. 36089], Fricke et al. 2018:250 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:112 [ref. 36273], Louizi et al. 2019:98 [ref. 38351], Bayçelebi 2020:763 [ref. 37964], Çiçek et al. 2020:257 [ref. 37644], Freyhof et al. 2020:5 [ref. 37614], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:252 [ref. 37983], Fu et al. 2021:9573 [ref. 39347], Love et al. 2021:171 [ref. 39279], Al-Faisal et al. 2022:1409 [ref. 39565], Çiçek et al. 2022:4 [ref. 38985], Fermon et al. 2022:246 [ref. 39448] with question, Gómez-Martínez et al. 2022:243 [ref. 39506], Akoth et al. 2023:14 [ref. 40069], Chan et al. 2023:143 [ref. 40365], Çiçek et al. 2023:465 [ref. 40601], Çiçek et al. 2023:29 [ref. 40616], Çiçek et al. 2023:435 [ref. 40625], Jamandre 2023:163 [ref. 40455], Page et al. 2023:136 [ref. 40505], Saad et al. 2023:39 [ref. 40501], Çiçek et al. 2024:329 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Coptodon zillii (Gervais 1848). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: North Africa: Morocco east to Egypt, south to Nigeria and Central African Republic; Middle East: Syria south to Israel and Jordan. Introduced elsewhere, including some southern U.S.A. states. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.
|
