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Coptodon rendalli (Boulenger, 1897)

Redbreast tilapia
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Malawi country information

Common names: Chilunguni, Chiunguni, Mphende
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref: Tweddle, D., D.S.C. Lewis and N.G. Willoughby, 1979
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: FAO Fishery Information, Data and Statistics Service, 1993
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Collection sites and abundance: Liwonde: Kamuzu Barrage (fairly common), Matope (present), Walkers Ferry (present), Tedzani Upsteam (fairly common), Tedzami Downstream (fairly common), Lower Mwanza River (present) (Ref.37112). Exported as an aquarium fish (Ref. 5595). Recorded as having been or being farmed in rice fields (Ref. 119549).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mi.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://isp.msu.edu/AfricanStudies/Plea/mfri.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Teugels, G.G. and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde, 1991
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Blue tilapia, Northern redbreast bream, Carpe, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology:   More on author: Boulenger.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; depth range 3 - 8 m (Ref. 58302).   Tropical; 24°C - 28°C (Ref. 2059); 20°N - 20°S

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