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Tilapia Smith, 1840Tilapia sparrmanii Smith, 1840 |
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Original description:
- Smith, A. 1838. "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". Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa (crc00200).
Type species: Tilapia sparrmanii Smith, 1840 (original designation).
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Described species included (71):
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valid: 43 synonym: 28
- Tilapia sparrmanii Smith, 1840 (valid)
- Acerina zillii Gervais, 1848 (valid)
- Haligenes tristrami Günther , 1860 (synonym)
- Tilapia polycentra Duméril , 1861 (synonym)
- Chromys moffatii Castelnau , 1861 (synonym)
- Tilapia affinis Duméril, 1861 (synonym)
- Tilapia melanopleura Duméril , 1861 (synonym)
- Chromis guineensis Bleeker, 1862 (valid)
- Chromis latus Günther , 1862 (synonym)
- Haligenes guineensis Bleeker, 1863 (synonym)
- Chromis andreae Günther, 1864 (synonym)
- Chromis ovalis Steindachner , 1866 (synonym)
- Chromis buttikoferi Hubrecht, 1881 (valid)
- Chromis tholloni Sauvage, 1884 (valid)
- Chromis menzalensis Mitchell , 1895 (synonym)
- Chromis ogowensis Günther , 1896 (synonym)
- Chromis rendalli Boulenger, 1897 (valid)
- Tilapia cabrae Boulenger, 1899 (valid)
- Tilapia mariae Boulenger, 1899 (valid)
- Tilapia sexfasciata Pellegrin, 1900 (synonym)
- Chromis discolor Günther, 1903 (valid)
- Chromis busumanus Günther, 1903 (valid)
- Tilapia kottae Lönnberg, 1903 (valid)
- Tilapia lata camerunensis Lönnberg, 1903 (valid)
- Tilapia dubia Lönnberg, 1904 (synonym)
- Tilapia fouloni Boulenger, 1905 (synonym)
- Tilapia brevimanus Boulenger, 1911 (valid)
- Tilapia meeki Pellegrin, 1911 (synonym)
- Tilapia haugi Pellegrin , 1911 (synonym)
- Tilapia ansorgii Boulenger, 1911 (synonym)
- Tilapia ngomoensis Pellegrin, 1913 (synonym)
- Tilapia margaritacea Boulenger, 1916 (valid)
- Tilapia swierstrae Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917 (synonym)
- Tilapia mackeani Gilchrist & Thompson , 1917 (synonym)
- Tilapia sykesii Gilchrist & Thompson , 1917 (synonym)
- Tilapia druryi Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917 (synonym)
- Tilapia kirkhami Gilchrist & Thompson , 1917 (synonym)
- Tilapia savagei Fowler, 1919 (synonym)
- Tilapia cameronensis Holly, 1927 (valid)
- Tilapia sparrmani multiradiata Holly , 1928 (synonym)
- Tilapia deschauenseei Fowler, 1931 (synonym)
- Tilapia guinasana Trewavas, 1936 (valid)
- Tilapia shariensis Fowler , 1949 (synonym)
- Tilapia tholloni congica Poll & Thys Van Den Audenaerde, 1960 (valid)
- Tilapia rheophila Daget, 1962 (valid)
- Tilapia gefuensis Thys van den Audenaerde, 1964 (synonym)
- Pelmatochromis ruweti Poll & Thys Van Den Audenaerde, 1965 (valid)
- Tilapia deckerti Thys Van Den Audenaerde, 1967 (valid)
- Tilapia cessiana Thys Van Den Audenaerde, 1968 (valid)
- Tilapia walteri Thys Van Den Audenaerde, 1968 (valid)
- Tilapia louka Thys Van Den Audenaerde, 1969 (valid)
- Tilapia joka Thys van den Audenaerde, 1969 (valid)
- Tilapia coffea Thys Van Den Audenaerde, 1970 (valid)
- Tilapia (Coptodon) nyongana Thys Van Den Audenaerde, 1971 (valid)
- Tilapia dageti Thys Van Den Audenaerde, 1971 (valid)
- Tilapia bemini Thys Van Den Audenaerde, 1972 (valid)
- Tilapia baloni Trewavas & Stewart, 1975 (valid)
- Tilapia bakossiorum Stiassny, Schlewen & Dominey, 1992 (valid)
- Tilapia thysi Stiassny, Schliewen & Dominey, 1992 (valid)
- Tilapia flava Stiassny, Schliewen & Dominey, 1992 (valid)
- Tilapia spongotroktis Stiassny, Schliewen & Dominey, 1992 (valid)
- Tilapia gutturosa Stiassny, Schliewen & Dominey, 1992 (valid)
- Tilapia bythobates Stiassny, Schlewen & Dominey, 1992 (valid)
- Tilapia snyderae Stiassny, 1992 (valid)
- Tilapia imbriferna Stiassny, Schliewen & Dominey, 1992 (valid)
- Tilapia ismailiaensis Mekkawy, 1995 (valid)
- Tilapia ejagham Dunz & Schliewen, 2010 (valid)
- Tilapia nigrans Dunz & Schliewen, 2010 (valid)
- Tilapia pra Dunz & Schliewen, 2010 (valid)
- Tilapia fusiforme Dunz & Schliewen, 2010 (valid)
- Tilapia konkourensis Dunz & Schliewen, 2012 (valid)
Potentially undescribed species (1):
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