WoRMS taxon details
Tilapia brevimanus Boulenger, 1911
581718 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:581718)
accepted
Species
Pelmatolapia brevimanus (Boulenger, 1911) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
Tilapia savagei Fowler, 1919 · unaccepted (synonym)
Boulenger, G. A. (1911). Further descriptions of new freshwater fishes discovered by Dr. W. J. Ansorge in Portuguese Guinea. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8).</em> v. 8 (no. 43): 56-57., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222931108692999 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Tilapia brevimanus Boulenger, 1911. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581718 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Boulenger, G. A. (1911). Further descriptions of new freshwater fishes discovered by Dr. W. J. Ansorge in Portuguese Guinea. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8).</em> v. 8 (no. 43): 56-57., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222931108692999 [details]
original description (of Tilapia savagei Fowler, 1919) Fowler, H. W. (1919). The fishes of the United States Eclipse Expedition to West Africa. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 56 (no. 2294): 195-292., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.56-2294.195 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Tilapia savagei Fowler, 1919) Fowler, H. W. (1919). The fishes of the United States Eclipse Expedition to West Africa. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 56 (no. 2294): 195-292., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.56-2294.195 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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] 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tilapia brevimanus)
To FishBase (from synonym Tilapia savagei Fowler, 1919)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tilapia savagei USNM 48503 paratypes photo no 16 and 36) (from synonym Tilapia savagei Fowler, 1919)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tilapia savagei USNM 48503 paratypes photo no 40 and 37 or 48) (from synonym Tilapia savagei Fowler, 1919)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tilapia brevimanus)
To FishBase (from synonym Tilapia savagei Fowler, 1919)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tilapia savagei USNM 48503 paratypes photo no 16 and 36) (from synonym Tilapia savagei Fowler, 1919)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tilapia savagei USNM 48503 paratypes photo no 40 and 37 or 48) (from synonym Tilapia savagei Fowler, 1919)
To ITIS
