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Coptodon tholloni

Status not recordedbony fish

Coptodon tholloni is a species in the family Cichlidae, order Cichliformes.

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Quick facts about Coptodon tholloni

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Coptodon tholloni live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Coptodon tholloni as introduced in 1 country, and flagged as invasive in it.

  1. Indonesiainvasive

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Coptodon tholloni endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Coptodon tholloni classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCichliformes
  5. familyCichlidae
  6. genusCoptodon
  7. SpeciesCoptodon tholloni (Sauvage, 1884)

Synonyms Chromis ogowensis, Chromis tholloni, Tilapia ogowensis, Tilapia tholloni, Tilapia tholloni tholloni

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • CarpeFrench
  • Ekouniroot
  • Kirjotilapiaroot

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Coptodon tholloni

Other species in the same genus Coptodon.

Mango fish

Coptodon zillii

CichlidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is Coptodon tholloni an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags Coptodon tholloni as invasive in 1 country: Indonesia. It lists it as introduced in 1 in all.

What kind of animal is Coptodon tholloni?

Coptodon tholloni (Coptodon tholloni) belongs to the family Cichlidae in the order Cichliformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Coptodon tholloni (Coptodon tholloni). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/coptodon-tholloni

MLA

“Coptodon tholloni (Coptodon tholloni).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/coptodon-tholloni.

BibTeX
@misc{coptodon_tholloni_2026,
  title = {Coptodon tholloni (Coptodon tholloni)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/coptodon-tholloni},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}