| Specimen ID | 29244 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Tilapia |
| Species | zillii |
| Common Name | Redbelly Tilapia |
| State | CA |
| County | Kern |
| Locality | Kern County, ponds |
| Mapping Accuracy | Centroid |
| Centroid Type | |
| HUC8 Name | California Region |
| HUC8 Number | 18000000 |
| Map | |
| Collection Year | 1976 |
| Year Accuracy | Publication Year |
| Potential Pathway | stocked for biocontrol |
| Status | failed |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 217 |
| Author: | Moyle, P.B. |
| Date: | 1976 |
| Title: | Inland fishes of California. |
| Publisher: | University of California Press Berkeley, CA. |
| Pages: | 405 pp |
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| Reference 2 |
| Ref. Number: | 264 |
| Author: | Pelzman, R.J. |
| Date: | 1973 |
| Title: | A review of the life history of Tilapia zilli with a reassessment of its desirability in California. Administrative Report 74-1. |
| Publisher: | California Department of Fish and Game, Inland Fisheries Branch, Sacramento, CA. |
| Pages: | 9 pp |
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| Comments | efforts to introduce T. zillii in areas other than Colorado River and Salton Sea have failed. Although they were established for a time in some southern California coastal localities (Moyle 2002) |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
