WoRMS taxon details
Oreochromis Günther, 1889
Laruwiala Thys van den Audenaerde, 1969 · unaccepted
Loruwiala · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Neotilapia Regan, 1920 · unaccepted
Nyasalapia Thys van den Audenaerde, 1969 · unaccepted
Orechromis · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
- Species Oreochromis amphimelas (Hilgendorf, 1905)
- Species Oreochromis andersonii (Castelnau, 1861)
- Species Oreochromis angolensis (Trewavas, 1973)
- Species Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864)
- Species Oreochromis cancellatus (Nichols, 1923)
- Species Oreochromis ismailiaensis Mekkawy, 1995
- Species Oreochromis korogwe (Lowe, 1955)
- Species Oreochromis lepidurus (Boulenger, 1899)
- Species Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852)
- Species Oreochromis mweruensis Trewavas, 1983
- Species Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Oreochromis placidus (Trewavas, 1941)
- Species Oreochromis shiranus Boulenger, 1897
- Species Oreochromis spilurus (Günther, 1894)
- Species Oreochromis urolepis (Norman, 1922)
- Species Oreochromis anderson (Castelnau, 1861) accepted as Oreochromis andersonii (Castelnau, 1861) (misspelling)
- Species Oreochromis andersoni (Castelnau, 1861) accepted as Oreochromis andersonii (Castelnau, 1861) (misspelling)
- Species Oreochromis andersonni (Castelnau, 1861) accepted as Oreochromis andersonii (Castelnau, 1861) (misspelling)
- Species Oreochromis anulerson (Castelnau, 1861) accepted as Oreochromis andersonii (Castelnau, 1861) (misspelling)
- Species Oreochromis athiensis (Boulenger, 1916) accepted as Oreochromis spilurus (Günther, 1894)
- Species Oreochromis auraeus (Steindachner, 1864) accepted as Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864) (misspelling)
- Species Oreochromis aurea (Steindachner, 1864) accepted as Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864) (misspelling)
- Species Oreochromis danconai Di Caporiacco, 1948 accepted as Oreochromis spilurus (Günther, 1894)
- Species Oreochromis d'anconai Di Caporiacco, 1947 accepted as Oreochromis spilurus (Günther, 1894)
- Species Oreochromis hornorum (Trewavas, 1966) accepted as Oreochromis urolepis (Norman, 1922)
- Species Oreochromis mossambica (Peters, 1852) accepted as Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852) (misspelling)
- Species Oreochromis mozambica (Peters, 1852) accepted as Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852) (misspelling)
- Species Oreochromis niger Günther, 1894 accepted as Oreochromis spilurus (Günther, 1894) (synonym)
- Species Oreochromis nilotica (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Oreochromis nilotics (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
- Species Oreochromis spirulus accepted as Oreochromis spilurus (Günther, 1894) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Oreochromis vulcani (Trewavas, 1933) accepted as Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior synonym)
Günther, A. (1889). On some fishes from Kilima-Njaro District. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1889.</em> (pt 1): 70-72, Pl. 8. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Oreochromis Günther, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206826 on 2025-05-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Günther, A. (1889). On some fishes from Kilima-Njaro District. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1889.</em> (pt 1): 70-72, Pl. 8. [details]
basis of record Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
basis of record Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
