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Heterotilapia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Cichlidae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Perciformes

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Heterotilapia buttikoferi, Coptodon, Coelotilapia joka, Gobiocichla, Tristramella

Heterotilapia is a genus of cichlids native to western Africa. Formerly considered a subgenus of Tilapia, in 2013, it was elevated to genus rank by Dunz and Schliewen.

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Species

Two recognized species are in this genus:

  • Heterotilapia buttikoferi (Hubrecht, 1881) (zebra tilapia)
  • Heterotilapia cessiana (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1968)

    • References

    Heterotilapia Wikipedia
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