Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
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.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 08/2021.
Tilapia and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2022. 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
Tilapia is a genus of cichlid fishes endemic to freshwater habitats in Southern Africa. In the past this was a very large genus including all species with the common name tilapia, but today the vast majority are placed in other genera.[1]
Species and taxonomy
In the past, Oreochromis and Sarotherodon were retained in the genus Tilapia, but these are treated as separate genera by all recent authorities.[2] Even with this more restricted Tilapia, there were indications that the taxonomic treatment was problematic, and in 2013 a review of the group resulted in the removal of most "Tilapia" species to the genera Coelotilapia, Coptodon, Heterotilapia and Pelmatolapia.[1] With these as separate genera, only four species remain in Tilapia:[1]
Tilapia baloni Trewavas & D. J. Stewart, 1975
Tilapia guinasana Trewavas, 1936 (Otjikoto tilapia)
Tilapia ruweti (Poll & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1965) (Okavango tilapia)
Tilapia sparrmanii A. Smith, 1840 (Banded tilapia)
Temporarily retained here, but belonging elsewhere:[1]
"Tilapia" brevimanus Boulenger, 1911 – closer to "Steatocranus" irvinei (itself not related to the remaining Steatocranus) and Gobiocichla.
"Tilapia" busumana (Günther, 1903) – closer to "Steatocranus" irvinei (itself not related to the remaining Steatocranus) and Gobiocichla.
"Tilapia" pra Dunz & Schliewen, 2010 – closer to "Steatocranus" irvinei (itself not related to the remaining Steatocranus) and Gobiocichla.
References
Dunz, A.R., and Schliewen, U.K. (2013). Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the haplotilapiine cichlid fishes formerly referred to as “Tilapia”. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, online 29 March 2013. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.03.015
Nagl, S.; Tichy, H.; Mayer, W.E.; Samonte, I.E.; McAndrew, B.J., and Klein, J. (2001). Classification and Phylogenetic Relationships of African Tilapiine Fishes Inferred from Mitochondrial DNA Sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 20(3): 361–374. doi:10.1006/mpev.2001.0979
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Tilapia in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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