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Tilapia Smith, 1840 
AphiaID: 271096

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Cichlidae (Family) > Pseudocrenilabrinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Pseudocrenilabrinae
Synonymised
taxa		  Coptodon Gervais, 1853 (synonym)
 Haligenes
 Telapia (misspelling)
Sources  from synonym: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon]

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[hide all]		 Species Tilapia brevimanus Boulenger, 1911
Species Tilapia guineensis (Günther, 1862)
Species Tilapia mariae Boulenger, 1899
  » Subspecies Tilapia mariae dubia Lönnberg, 1904 accepted as Tilapia mariae Boulenger, 1899
» Subspecies Tilapia mariae mariae Boulenger, 1899 accepted as Tilapia mariae Boulenger, 1899
Species Tilapia multifasciata
  » Subspecies Tilapia multifasciata macrostoma Pellegrin, 1941 accepted as Sarotherodon melanotheron heudelotii (Duméril, 1861)
Species Tilapia nigra (Günther, 1894)
  » Subspecies Tilapia nigra spilura (Günther, 1894) accepted as Oreochromis spilurus spilurus (Günther, 1894)
Species Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger, 1897)
  » Subspecies Tilapia rendalli gefuensis Thys van den Audenaerde, 1964 accepted as Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger, 1897)
» Subspecies Tilapia rendalli rendalli (Boulenger, 1897) accepted as Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger, 1897)
» Subspecies Tilapia rendalli swierstrae Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917 accepted as Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger, 1897)
Species Tilapia sparrmani Smith, 1840
  » Subspecies Tilapia sparrmani multiradiata Holly, 1928 accepted as Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848)
Species Tilapia spilurus
  » Subspecies Tilapia spilurus spilurus (Günther, 1894) accepted as Oreochromis spilurus spilurus (Günther, 1894)
Species Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848)
  » Subspecies Tilapia zillii guineensis (Günther, 1862) accepted as Tilapia guineensis (Günther, 1862)

Species Tilapia adolfi Steindachner, 1915 accepted as Oreochromis urolepis hornorum (Trewavas, 1966)
Species Tilapia adolfi Steindachner, 1915 accepted as Oreochromis urolepis urolepis (Norman, 1922)
Species Tilapia aequatorialis Roman, 1970 accepted as Sarotherodon nigripinnis nigripinnis (Guichenot, 1861)
Species Tilapia affinis Duméril, 1861 accepted as Tilapia guineensis (Günther, 1862)
Species Tilapia amphimelas Hilgendorf, 1905 accepted as Oreochromis amphimelas (Hilgendorf, 1905)
Species Tilapia andersoni (Castelnau, 1861) accepted as Oreochromis andersonii (Castelnau, 1861)
Species Tilapia andersonii (Castelnau, 1861) accepted as Oreochromis andersonii (Castelnau, 1861)
Species Tilapia angolensis Thys van den Audenaerde, 1968 accepted as Oreochromis angolensis (Trewavas, 1973)
Species Tilapia arnoldi Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917 accepted as Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852)
Species Tilapia aurea (Steindachner, 1864) accepted as Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864)
  » Subspecies Tilapia aurea exul Steinitz, 1951 accepted as Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864)
Species Tilapia browni Nichols, 1923 accepted as Oreochromis spilurus spilurus (Günther, 1894)
Species Tilapia caeruleomaculatus (Rochebrune, 1880) accepted as Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848)
Species Tilapia calciati Gianferrari, 1924 accepted as Oreochromis niloticus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Tilapia cancellata Nichols, 1923 accepted as Oreochromis niloticus cancellatus (Nichols, 1923)
Species Tilapia christyi Boulenger, 1915 accepted as Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger, 1897)
Species Tilapia dolloi Boulenger, 1899 accepted as Sarotherodon nigripinnis dolloi (Boulenger, 1899)
Species Tilapia druryi Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917 accepted as Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger, 1897)
Species Tilapia dubia Lönnberg, 1904 accepted as Tilapia mariae Boulenger, 1899
Species Tilapia dumerili (Steindachner, 1864) accepted as Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852)
Species Tilapia dumerilii (Steindachner, 1864) accepted as Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852)
Species Tilapia faidherbi (Rochebrune, 1880) accepted as Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848)
Species Tilapia galilaea (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Sarotherodon galilaeus galilaeus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  » Subspecies Tilapia galilaea galilaea (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Sarotherodon galilaeus galilaeus (Linnaeus, 1758)
» Subspecies Tilapia galilaea pleuromelas Duméril, 1861 accepted as Sarotherodon galilaeus galilaeus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Tilapia gefuensis Thys van den Audenaerde, 1964 accepted as Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger, 1897)
Species Tilapia grandidieri (Sauvage, 1882) accepted as Ptychochromis grandidieri Sauvage, 1882
Species Tilapia guineensis (Bleeker, 1863) accepted as Tilapia guineensis (Günther, 1862)
Species Tilapia guinensis (Günther, 1862) accepted as Tilapia guineensis (Günther, 1862)
Species Tilapia heudeloti Duméril, 1861 accepted as Sarotherodon melanotheron heudelotii (Duméril, 1861)
Species Tilapia heudelotii Duméril, 1861 accepted as Sarotherodon melanotheron heudelotii (Duméril, 1861)
  » Subspecies Tilapia heudelotii dolloi Boulenger, 1899 accepted as Sarotherodon nigripinnis dolloi (Boulenger, 1899)
» Subspecies Tilapia heudelotii heudelotii Duméril, 1861 accepted as Sarotherodon melanotheron heudelotii (Duméril, 1861)
» Subspecies Tilapia heudelotii macrocephala (Bleeker, 1862) accepted as Sarotherodon melanotheron melanotheron Rüppell, 1852
Species Tilapia honorum Trewavas, 1966 accepted as Oreochromis urolepis hornorum (Trewavas, 1966)
Species Tilapia hornorum Trewavas, 1966 accepted as Oreochromis urolepis hornorum (Trewavas, 1966)
Species Tilapia kacherbi Wunder, 1960 accepted as Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864)
Species Tilapia kafuensis Boulenger, 1912 accepted as Oreochromis andersonii (Castelnau, 1861)
Species Tilapia kashabi Elster, 1958 accepted as Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864)
Species Tilapia kirkhami Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917 accepted as Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger, 1897)
Species Tilapia korogwe (Lowe, 1955) accepted as Oreochromis korogwe (Lowe, 1955)
Species Tilapia lata (Günther, 1862) accepted as Tilapia guineensis (Günther, 1862)
Species Tilapia lateralis Duméril, 1861 accepted as Sarotherodon galilaeus galilaeus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Tilapia latifrons Boulenger, 1906 accepted as Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger, 1897)
Species Tilapia lemassoni Blache & Miton, 1960 accepted as Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864)
Species Tilapia leonensis Thys van den Audenaerde, 1971 accepted as Sarotherodon melanotheron leonensis (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1971)
Species Tilapia lepidura Boulenger, 1899 accepted as Oreochromis lepidurus (Boulenger, 1899)
Species Tilapia mackeani Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917 accepted as Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger, 1897)
Species Tilapia macrocentra Duméril, 1861 accepted as Sarotherodon galilaeus galilaeus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Tilapia macrocephala (Bleeker, 1862) accepted as Sarotherodon melanotheron melanotheron Rüppell, 1852
Species Tilapia madagascariensis (Sauvage, 1891) accepted as Ptychochromis grandidieri Sauvage, 1882
Species Tilapia manyarae Hilgendorf, 1905 accepted as Oreochromis amphimelas (Hilgendorf, 1905)
Species Tilapia meeki Pellegrin, 1911 accepted as Tilapia mariae Boulenger, 1899
Species Tilapia melanopleura Duméril, 1861 accepted as Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848)
  » Subspecies Tilapia melanopleura rendalli (Boulenger, 1897) accepted as Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger, 1897)
» Subspecies Tilapia melanopleura swierstrae Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917 accepted as Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger, 1897)
Species Tilapia melanotheron (Rüppell, 1852) accepted as Sarotherodon melanotheron melanotheron Rüppell, 1852
Species Tilapia menzalensis (Mitchell, 1895) accepted as Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848)
Species Tilapia microcephala (Günther, 1862) accepted as Sarotherodon melanotheron melanotheron Rüppell, 1852
Species Tilapia microstoma (Lortet, 1883) accepted as Sarotherodon galilaeus galilaeus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Tilapia monodi Daget, 1954 accepted as Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864)
Species Tilapia mosambica (Peters, 1852) accepted as Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852)
Species Tilapia mossambica (Peters, 1852) accepted as Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852)
  » Subspecies Tilapia mossambica korogwe Lowe, 1955 accepted as Oreochromis korogwe (Lowe, 1955)
» Subspecies Tilapia mossambica mossambica (Peters, 1852) accepted as Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852)
Species Tilapia mossambicus (Peters, 1852) accepted as Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852)
Species Tilapia mozambique (Peters, 1852) accepted as Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852)
Species Tilapia multiradiata Holly, 1928 accepted as Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848)
Species Tilapia natalensis (Weber, 1897) accepted as Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852)
Species Tilapia nigripinnis Guichenot, 1861 accepted as Sarotherodon nigripinnis nigripinnis (Guichenot, 1861)
Species Tilapia nilotica (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Oreochromis niloticus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  » Subspecies Tilapia nilotica cancellata Nichols, 1923 accepted as Oreochromis niloticus cancellatus (Nichols, 1923)
» Subspecies Tilapia nilotica exul Steinitz, 1951 accepted as Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864)
» Subspecies Tilapia nilotica nilotica (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Oreochromis niloticus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Tilapia nilotious (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Oreochromis niloticus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Tilapia nyirica Lönnberg, 1911 accepted as Oreochromis spilurus spilurus (Günther, 1894)
Species Tilapia oligacanthus Bleeker, 1868 accepted as Ptychochromis oligacanthus (Bleeker, 1868)
Species Tilapia placida Trewavas, 1941 accepted as Oreochromis placidus placidus (Trewavas, 1941)
Species Tilapia pleuromelas Duméril, 1861 accepted as Sarotherodon galilaeus galilaeus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Tilapia polycentra Duméril, 1861 accepted as Tilapia guineensis (Günther, 1862)
Species Tilapia rangii Duméril, 1861 accepted as Sarotherodon melanotheron heudelotii (Duméril, 1861)
Species Tilapia rendalii (Boulenger, 1897) accepted as Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger, 1897)
Species Tilapia rendallis (Boulenger, 1897) accepted as Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger, 1897)
Species Tilapia ruvumae Trewavas, 1966 accepted as Oreochromis placidus ruvumae (Trewavas, 1966)
Species Tilapia sexfasciata Pellegrin, 1900 accepted as Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger, 1897)
Species Tilapia shariensis Fowler, 1949 accepted as Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848)
Species Tilapia shirana (Boulenger, 1897) accepted as Oreochromis shiranus shiranus Boulenger, 1897
  » Subspecies Tilapia shirana chilwae Trewavas, 1966 accepted as Oreochromis shiranus shiranus Boulenger, 1897
» Subspecies Tilapia shirana shirana (Boulenger, 1897) accepted as Oreochromis shiranus shiranus Boulenger, 1897
Species Tilapia swierstrae Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917 accepted as Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger, 1897)
Species Tilapia sykesii Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917 accepted as Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger, 1897)
Species Tilapia tanganicae (Günther, 1894) accepted as Oreochromis tanganicae (Günther, 1894)
Species Tilapia tristrami (Günther, 1860) accepted as Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848)
Species Tilapia urolepis Norman, 1922 accepted as Oreochromis urolepis urolepis (Norman, 1922)
Species Tilapia vorax (Pfeffer, 1893) accepted as Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852)
Species Tilapia zillei (Gervais, 1848) accepted as Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848)
Species Tilapia zilli (Gervais, 1848) accepted as Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848)
Environment marine, terrestrial
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Tilapia
Tilapia
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Tilapia
Tilapia
added on 2010-06-25 - author: PCG
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271096
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2008-01-15 10:18:16Z  created  Bailly, Nicolas
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Tilapia Smith, 1840. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271096 on 2013-05-21
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