WoRMS taxon details
Oreochromis urolepis (Norman, 1922)
293646 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:293646)
accepted
Species
Oreochromis hornorum (Trewavas, 1966) · unaccepted
Oreochromis urolepis hornorum (Trewavas, 1966) · unaccepted
Oreochromis urolepis urolepis (Norman, 1922) · unaccepted
Sarotherodon hornorum (Trewavas, 1966) · unaccepted
Sarotherodon urolepis (Norman, 1922) · unaccepted
Tilapia honorum Trewavas, 1966 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Tilapia hornorum Trewavas, 1966 · unaccepted
Tilapia urolepis Norman, 1922 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Oreochromis urolepis hornorum (Trewavas, 1966) accepted as Oreochromis urolepis (Norman, 1922)
- Subspecies Oreochromis urolepis urolepis (Norman, 1922) accepted as Oreochromis urolepis (Norman, 1922)
(of Tilapia urolepis Norman, 1922) Norman, J. R. (1922). Four new fishes from Tanganyika Territory. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9).</em> 9 (no. 54): 686-688. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Oreochromis urolepis (Norman, 1922). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=293646 on 2025-04-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Tilapia hornorum Trewavas, 1966) Trewavas, E. (1966). A preliminary review of fishes of the genus Tilapia in the eastward-flowing rivers of Africa, with proposals of two new specific names. <em>Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines.</em> v. 74 (nos 3-4): 394-424. [details]
original description (of Tilapia urolepis Norman, 1922) Norman, J. R. (1922). Four new fishes from Tanganyika Territory. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9).</em> 9 (no. 54): 686-688. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Tilapia urolepis Norman, 1922) Norman, J. R. (1922). Four new fishes from Tanganyika Territory. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9).</em> 9 (no. 54): 686-688. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., 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] 
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Wami tilapia | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (63 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sarotherodon hornorum (Trewavas, 1966))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sarotherodon urolepis (Norman, 1922))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Tilapia urolepis Norman, 1922)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Oreochromis urolepis hornorum (Trewavas, 1966))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Tilapia hornorum Trewavas, 1966)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oreochromis urolepis hornorum) (from synonym Oreochromis urolepis hornorum (Trewavas, 1966))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oreochromis urolepis)
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia hornorum Trewavas, 1966)
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia urolepis Norman, 1922)
To FishBase images (Oreochromis urolepis, Tanzania, by Turner, G.F.)
To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Oreochromis hornorum (Trewavas, 1966))
To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Oreochromis urolepis hornorum (Trewavas, 1966))
To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Sarotherodon hornorum (Trewavas, 1966))
To GenBank (43 nucleotides; 28 proteins) (from synonym Tilapia urolepis Norman, 1922)
To GenBank (43 nucleotides; 28 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sarotherodon hornorum (Trewavas, 1966))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sarotherodon urolepis (Norman, 1922))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Tilapia urolepis Norman, 1922)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Oreochromis urolepis hornorum (Trewavas, 1966))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Tilapia hornorum Trewavas, 1966)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oreochromis urolepis hornorum) (from synonym Oreochromis urolepis hornorum (Trewavas, 1966))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oreochromis urolepis)
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia hornorum Trewavas, 1966)
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia urolepis Norman, 1922)
To FishBase images (Oreochromis urolepis, Tanzania, by Turner, G.F.)
To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Oreochromis hornorum (Trewavas, 1966))
To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Oreochromis urolepis hornorum (Trewavas, 1966))
To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Sarotherodon hornorum (Trewavas, 1966))
To GenBank (43 nucleotides; 28 proteins) (from synonym Tilapia urolepis Norman, 1922)
To GenBank (43 nucleotides; 28 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
