Diagnostic Description
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Diagnosis: 10 or fewer rakers on lower limb of first arch; unpaired fins not predominantly red-brown; mouth terminal; 29-30 lateral line scales; outer row teeth robust; dorsal fin with 14-15 spines and 11-12 soft rays (total rays 26-27); anal fin with 3 spines and 8-9 soft rays; caudal fin weakly covered with scales; vertical stripes strongly pronounced, only slightly enlarged on flanks; a black spot at base of each scale; clear spots on occiput and opercle; belly whitish (Ref. 81260).Description: relatively deep-bodied; head profile slightly rounded (Ref. 52307). Lower pharyngeal jaw with pointed, curved anterior teeth and tricuspid posterior teeth; ventral keel shorter than dentigerous plate; 3-6 rows of teeth in oral jaws, teeth in outer rows bicuspid (Ref. 81260).Coloration: base body color creamy, becoming grey-brown dorsally, blackish-grey on dorsum of the head, and completely white on throat, chest and belly; 3-5 dark bars on flanks, particularly visible at mid-body level; flank scales with dark basal spot; upper lip dark, lower lip white; behind the eye, on upper part of opercle and occiput, numerous large white spots with a silvery tinge; along dorsum, posterior border of scales often silvery white; spinous dorsal fin uniformly dark grey, darker distally; soft dorsal dark with some clear maculae, "tilapia spot" present but not ocellated; caudal fin dark with pale streaks; anal fin uniformly dark; pelvics dusky but with white leading edge (Ref. 81260).
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 14 - 15; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 12; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 8 - 9
Biology
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Substrate brooder (Ref. 81260).
Coptodon nyongana: Brief Summary
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Spanish; Castilian
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Coptodon nyongana es una especie de peces de la familia Cichlidae en el orden de los Perciformes.
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Tilapia nyongana
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Tilapia nyongana: Brief Summary
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Tilapia nyongana Tilapia generoko animalia da. Arrainen barruko Actinopterygii klasean sailkatzen da, Cichlidae familian.
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