Redbreast tilapia
Coptodon rendalli
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The redbreast tilapia lives across much of southern Africa — upper Congo, Lakes Tanganyika and Malawi, Zambezi, Limpopo, Okavango and Cunene — in calm, vegetated river margins, floodplains and swamps. It tolerates 8 to 41 °C and brackish water. Adults eat mainly plants and algae, plus insects and crustaceans. Reddish breast and belly. It reaches 45 centimetres and has been introduced to many countries as a food fish.
- Scientific name
- Coptodon rendalli
- Family
- Cichlidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Order
- Cichliformes
- Synonyms
- Chromis rendalli, Chromis rendallii, Tilapia christyi, Tilapia druryi, Tilapia gefuensis, Tilapia kirkhami, Tilapia lata, Tilapia latifrons, Tilapia mackeani, Tilapia melanopleura, Tilapia melanopleura rendalli, Tilapia melanopleura swierstrae, Tilapia rendalii, Tilapia rendalli, Tilapia rendalli gefuensis
Origin
- Native region
- África
Water
- Temperature
- 24–28 °C
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 45 cm
- Lifespan
- 7 years
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Middle
- Diet
- Herbivore
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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