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Redbreast tilapia

Fish

The redbreast tilapia is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae, found widely across the southern half of Africa. Its natural habitats are freshwater lakes and freshwater marshes, and in South Africa it is known as the redbreast kurper. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Herbivore 1
System (Realm)
Freshwater 1
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Scientific Name
Coptodon rendalli 2
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Cichlidae, Taxa
Source Redbreast tilapia (Wikidata)

In Biome

Lake, Biomes
Source Redbreast tilapia (Wikipedia)

In Ecosystem

Lake Tanganyika, Ecosystems
Source Redbreast tilapia (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Brazil

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Burundi

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El Salvador

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Gabon

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Madagascar

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Mauritius

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Mexico

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Turkey

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Sources
1. Redbreast tilapia (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction
    Its natural habitats are freshwater lakes and freshwater marshes. It is known as the redbreast kurper in South Africa.
  • Lead
    The young fish live on plankton; adults, like all members of the genus Coptodon, are primarily herbivores and eat algae and taller plants, as well as insects and smaller crustaceans.
  • Distribution
    They have been established as edible fish in several countries.
  • Infobox: status
    LC
  • In Biome: Lake, Lead section
    Its natural habitats are freshwater lakes and freshwater marshes.
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2. Redbreast tilapia (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q149282 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
  • Child Taxon Of: Cichlidae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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3. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Perciformes
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 96
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 96
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Actinopteri","order":"Perciformes","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"鲈形目","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Cichlidae
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 376
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 376
"active":true,"cites_listing":"NC"
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