Tilapia

Tilapia sparrmanii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cichliformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Cichlomorphae Ordo: Cichliformes

Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribus: Tilapiini
Genus: Tilapia
Species: T. baloni – T. deckerti – T. ejagham – T. fusiforme – T. guinasana – T. konkourensis – T. nigrans – T. rendalli – T. ruweti – T. sparrmanii

Name

• Tilapia Smith, 1840: unnumbered page facing Plate V
  • Gender: feminine
  • Type species: Tilapia sparrmanii Smith, 1840
    • Type by original designation here (last paragraph) [also monotypic]

References

Primary references

• Smith, A. 1840: Pisces. In: Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa in 1834-36. 4: 77 unnumbered pages, accompanying Plates I-XXXI. BHL

Additional references

• Dunz, A.R.; Schliewen, U.K. 2012: Description of a rheophilic Tilapia species Smith, 1840 (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Guinea with comments on Tilapia rheophila Daget, 1962. Zootaxa 3314: 17–30. Preview Reference page. 
• Dunz, A. R. & Schliewen, U. K.; (2013): Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the haplotilapiine cichlid fishes formerly referred to as “Tilapia”. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 68: 64–80. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.03.015
• Klett, V.; Meyer, A 2002: What, if anything, is a Tilapia?—Mitochondrial ND2 phylogeny of tilapiines and the evolution of parental care systems in the African cichlid fishes. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 19 (6): 865–883. Abstract PDF
• Thys van den Audenaerde, D.F.E. 1969: An annotated bibliography of Tilapia (Pisces, Cichlidae). Documentation Zoologique / Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale No. 14: i-xl + 1-406. (Date of this reference is 1969 not 1968 per the authoritative Catalog of Fishes)

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus
• Tilapia species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Tilapia and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• ITIS

Vernacular names

català: Tilapia
English: Tilapia (genus)
lietuvių: Paprastosios tilapijos
norsk: Tilapia
Kapampangan: Tilapia
ไทย: สกุลทิลอาเพีย
中文: 罗非鱼属

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