Heterotilapia

Heterotilapia is a genus of cichlid fish that are native to rivers from Guinea-Bissau to Liberia in tropical West Africa. Formerly considered a subgenus of Tilapia, in 2013, it was elevated to genus rank.^[1] They are medium-large cichlids, up to about 20–30 cm (8–12 in) in standard length depending on the species, and with a distinctive dark-and-light banded pattern. They are substrate spawners and brooders (not mouthbrooders as some other tilapias). H. buttikoferi is a common species that also has been introduced outside its native range, but H. cessiana is highly localized and critically endangered.^[1][2]

Heterotilapia
T. buttikoferi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Subfamily:	Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe:	Heterotilapini Dunz & Schliewen, 2013
Genus:	Heterotilapia Regan, 1920
Type species
Chromis buttikoferi Hubrecht, 1881

Species

Two recognized species are in this genus:^[1][2]

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

References

1. Dunz, A.R.; U.K. Schliewen (2013). "Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the haplotilapiine cichlid fishes formerly referred to as "Tilapia"". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 68 (1): 64–80. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.03.015.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Heterotilapia". FishBase. November 2019 version.