Tilapia sparrmanii

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Tilapia sparrmanii

Taxonavigation[edit]

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: Tilapia sparrmanii

Name[edit]

Tilapia sparrmanii Smith, 1840: unnumbered page facing Plate V & Plate V

Type locality: "small fresh-water streams to the north of the Orange River, ... from pools in the beds of temporary streamlets"

Lectotype: BMNH 1859.5.7.85 (skin in alcohol); Paralectotype (1): BMNH 1851.10.26.84 (stuffed). Lectotype designated by Seegers, 1996: 327.

Synonymy[edit]

References[edit]

Primary references[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • Seegers, L. 1996. The fishes of the Lake Rukwa drainage. Annales de la Société Royale Zoologique de Belgique 278: 1–407.

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Vernacular names[edit]

Afrikaans: Vleikurper
English: Banded tilapia