WoRMS taxon details
Oreochromis andersonii (Castelnau, 1861)
279194 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279194)
accepted
Species
Chromys andersoni Castelnau, 1861 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Chromys andersonii Castelnau, 1861 · unaccepted
Oreochromis anderson (Castelnau, 1861) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Oreochromis andersoni (Castelnau, 1861) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Oreochromis andersonni (Castelnau, 1861) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Oreochromis anulerson (Castelnau, 1861) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Sarotherodon andersoni (Castelnau, 1861) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Sarotherodon andersonii (Castelnau, 1861) · unaccepted
Tilapia andersoni (Castelnau, 1861) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Tilapia andersonii (Castelnau, 1861) · unaccepted
Tilapia kafuensis Boulenger, 1912 · unaccepted (synonym)
(of Chromys andersonii Castelnau, 1861) Castelnau, F. L. (1861). Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe. <em>Paris.</em> i-vii + 1-78., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1722840#page/9/mode/1up [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Oreochromis andersonii (Castelnau, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279194 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chromys andersonii Castelnau, 1861) Castelnau, F. L. (1861). Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe. <em>Paris.</em> i-vii + 1-78., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1722840#page/9/mode/1up [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (21 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Chromys andersoni Castelnau, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sarotherodon andersoni (Castelnau, 1861))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Tilapia andersonii (Castelnau, 1861))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Sarotherodon andersonii (Castelnau, 1861))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Tilapia kafuensis Boulenger, 1912)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Chromys andersonii Castelnau, 1861)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oreochromis andersonii)
To Fishbase (from synonym Sarotherodon andersonii (Castelnau, 1861))
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia andersonii (Castelnau, 1861))
To Fishbase (from synonym Chromys andersonii Castelnau, 1861)
To Fishbase (from synonym Chromys andersoni Castelnau, 1861)
To Fishbase (from synonym Oreochromis andersoni (Castelnau, 1861))
To Fishbase (from synonym Oreochromis anderson (Castelnau, 1861))
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia andersoni (Castelnau, 1861))
To Fishbase (from synonym Sarotherodon andersoni (Castelnau, 1861))
To Fishbase (from synonym Oreochromis andersonni (Castelnau, 1861))
To Fishbase (from synonym Oreochromis anulerson (Castelnau, 1861))
To GenBank (53 nucleotides; 47 proteins) (from synonym Chromys andersonii Castelnau, 1861)
To GenBank (53 nucleotides; 47 proteins) (from synonym Tilapia andersonii (Castelnau, 1861))
To GenBank (53 nucleotides; 47 proteins) (from synonym Sarotherodon andersonii (Castelnau, 1861))
To GenBank (53 nucleotides; 47 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Chromys andersoni Castelnau, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sarotherodon andersoni (Castelnau, 1861))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Tilapia andersonii (Castelnau, 1861))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Sarotherodon andersonii (Castelnau, 1861))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Tilapia kafuensis Boulenger, 1912)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Chromys andersonii Castelnau, 1861)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oreochromis andersonii)
To Fishbase (from synonym Sarotherodon andersonii (Castelnau, 1861))
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia andersonii (Castelnau, 1861))
To Fishbase (from synonym Chromys andersonii Castelnau, 1861)
To Fishbase (from synonym Chromys andersoni Castelnau, 1861)
To Fishbase (from synonym Oreochromis andersoni (Castelnau, 1861))
To Fishbase (from synonym Oreochromis anderson (Castelnau, 1861))
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia andersoni (Castelnau, 1861))
To Fishbase (from synonym Sarotherodon andersoni (Castelnau, 1861))
To Fishbase (from synonym Oreochromis andersonni (Castelnau, 1861))
To Fishbase (from synonym Oreochromis anulerson (Castelnau, 1861))
To GenBank (53 nucleotides; 47 proteins) (from synonym Chromys andersonii Castelnau, 1861)
To GenBank (53 nucleotides; 47 proteins) (from synonym Tilapia andersonii (Castelnau, 1861))
To GenBank (53 nucleotides; 47 proteins) (from synonym Sarotherodon andersonii (Castelnau, 1861))
To GenBank (53 nucleotides; 47 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To ITIS
