Tilapia zillii

Redbelly tilapia
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Coptodon
Species:	C. zillii
Binomial name
Coptodon 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) 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) Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848)

The redbelly tilapia (Coptodon 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. 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. It was formerly included in the genus Tilapia as Tilapia zillii.

The Coptodon 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. 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.

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