WoRMS taxon details
Oreochromis lepidurus (Boulenger, 1899)
279198 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279198)
accepted
Species
Tilapia lepidura Boulenger, 1899 · unaccepted
(of Tilapia lepidura Boulenger, 1899) Boulenger, G. A. (1899). A revision of the African and Syrian fishes of the family Cichlidae. Part II. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1899 (pt 1): 98-143 [1-47], Pls. 11-12.
page(s): 116 [details]
page(s): 116 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Oreochromis lepidurus (Boulenger, 1899). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279198 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Tilapia lepidura Boulenger, 1899) Boulenger, G. A. (1899). A revision of the African and Syrian fishes of the family Cichlidae. Part II. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1899 (pt 1): 98-143 [1-47], Pls. 11-12.
page(s): 116 [details]
page(s): 116 [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 (15 publications) (from synonym Tilapia lepidura Boulenger, 1899)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oreochromis lepidurus)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 15 proteins) (from synonym Tilapia lepidura Boulenger, 1899)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Tilapia lepidura Boulenger, 1899)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oreochromis lepidurus)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 15 proteins) (from synonym Tilapia lepidura Boulenger, 1899)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To ITIS
