| Coelotilapia joka | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudocrenilabrinae |
| Tribe: | Coelotilapini |
| Genus: | Coelotilapia Dunz & Schliewen, 2013[2] |
| Species: | C. joka
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| Binomial name | |
| Coelotilapia joka (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1969)
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| Synonyms | |
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Tilapia joka Thys van den Audenaerde, 1969 | |
Coelotilapia joka is a vulnerable species of cichlid fish from rivers in Sierra Leone and Liberia in West Africa.[3] This relatively small tilapia formerly was included in the genus Tilapia, but in 2013 it was moved to its own genus Coelotilapia and tribe Coelotilapini.[2]
It is an oval shaped fish with a black body coloring. Eight to nine yellow, transverse stripes mark the body. The head has small, irregular yellow lines that extend from the eye to the snout, forehead, and mouth. It is one of the few tilapia species that regularly are kept in aquariums.
- ^ Olaosebikan, B.D. (2020). "Coelotilapia joka". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T182524A58331019. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T182524A58331019.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b Dunz, A.R. & Schliewen, U.K. (2013): Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the haplotilapiine cichlid fishes formerly referred to as “Tilapia”. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Available online 29 March 2013 doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.03.015
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Coelotilapia joka". FishBase. November 2019 version.