WoRMS taxon details
Oreochromis amphimelas (Hilgendorf, 1905)
279193 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279193)
accepted
Species
Sarotherodon amphimelas (Hilgendorf, 1905) · unaccepted
Tilapia amphimelas Hilgendorf, 1905 · unaccepted
Tilapia manyarae Hilgendorf, 1905 · unaccepted
(of Tilapia amphimelas Hilgendorf, 1905) Hilgendorf, F. M. (1905). Fische von Deutsch und Englisch Ost-Afrika. Gesammelt von Oscar Neumann 1893--1895. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere (Jena).</em> v. 22 (no. 4): 405-420. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Oreochromis amphimelas (Hilgendorf, 1905). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279193 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Tilapia amphimelas Hilgendorf, 1905) Hilgendorf, F. M. (1905). Fische von Deutsch und Englisch Ost-Afrika. Gesammelt von Oscar Neumann 1893--1895. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere (Jena).</em> v. 22 (no. 4): 405-420. [details]
original description (of Tilapia manyarae Hilgendorf, 1905) Hilgendorf, F. M. (1905). Fische von Deutsch und Englisch Ost-Afrika. Gesammelt von Oscar Neumann 1893--1895. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere (Jena).</em> v. 22 (no. 4): 405-420. [details]
original description (of Tilapia manyarae Hilgendorf, 1905) Hilgendorf, F. M. (1905). Fische von Deutsch und Englisch Ost-Afrika. Gesammelt von Oscar Neumann 1893--1895. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere (Jena).</em> v. 22 (no. 4): 405-420. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sarotherodon amphimelas (Hilgendorf, 1905))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Tilapia manyarae Hilgendorf, 1905)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Tilapia amphimelas Hilgendorf, 1905)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oreochromis amphimelas)
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia amphimelas Hilgendorf, 1905)
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia manyarae Hilgendorf, 1905)
To GenBank (183 nucleotides; 175 proteins) (from synonym Tilapia amphimelas Hilgendorf, 1905)
To GenBank (183 nucleotides; 175 proteins) (from synonym Sarotherodon amphimelas (Hilgendorf, 1905))
To GenBank (183 nucleotides; 175 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NHMUK collection (Tilapia amphimelas Hilgendorf, 1905; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2530706) (from synonym Tilapia amphimelas Hilgendorf, 1905)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sarotherodon amphimelas (Hilgendorf, 1905))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Tilapia manyarae Hilgendorf, 1905)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Tilapia amphimelas Hilgendorf, 1905)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oreochromis amphimelas)
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia amphimelas Hilgendorf, 1905)
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia manyarae Hilgendorf, 1905)
To GenBank (183 nucleotides; 175 proteins) (from synonym Tilapia amphimelas Hilgendorf, 1905)
To GenBank (183 nucleotides; 175 proteins) (from synonym Sarotherodon amphimelas (Hilgendorf, 1905))
To GenBank (183 nucleotides; 175 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NHMUK collection (Tilapia amphimelas Hilgendorf, 1905; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2530706) (from synonym Tilapia amphimelas Hilgendorf, 1905)
To ITIS
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