Accepted scientific name:
Astatotilapia calliptera (Günther, 1894) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Astatotilapia calliptera (Günther, 1894)
Synonyms:
Chromis callipterus Günther, 1894 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Chromis callipterus Günther, 1894
Chromis subocularis (non Günther, 1893) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Chromis subocularis (non Günther, 1893)
Ctenochromis callipterus (Günther, 1894) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Ctenochromis callipterus (Günther, 1894)
Haplochromis callipterus (Günther, 1894) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Haplochromis callipterus (Günther, 1894)
Haplochromis centropristoides Nichols & LaMonte, 1931 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Haplochromis centropristoides Nichols & LaMonte, 1931
Neochromis simotes nyassae Borodin, 1936 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Neochromis simotes nyassae Borodin, 1936
Tilapia calliptera (Günther, 1894) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Tilapia calliptera (Günther, 1894)
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Oostelike happie - Afrikaans South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Eastern bream - English South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Eastern happy - English South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Eastern happy - English Zimbabwe Click here to show the literature
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Kaunisevähautoja - Finnish Finland Click here to show the literature
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Calliptera Maulbrüter - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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美妊丽鱼 Mei ren li yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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美妊麗魚 Mei ren li yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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美鰭樸麗魚 - Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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美鳍朴丽鱼 Mei ti pu li yu Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Makumba - Nyanja Malawi(Lakes Chilwa and Chiuta Drainages) Click here to show the literature
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Nkakafodya - Nyanja Malawi(Lower Shire River Valley) Click here to show the literature
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Utaka - Nyanja Malawi(Lake Malawi Basin) Click here to show the literature
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Suli - Sena Mozambique Click here to show the literature
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Kolokoto - Swahili (individual language) Tanzania Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Perciformes FishBase
Family Cichlidae FishBase
Genus Astatotilapia FishBase
Distribution: Africa: Lakes Malawi, Chiuta and Chilwa; Lower Zambezi, Buzi, Pungwe and Save River systems.
Lifezones: Freshwater
Additional data: In Regan 1922. Also Ref. 79015.
Source database: FishBase, Jul 2013   99%
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Group expert : Kullander, S., 02-Oct-2012
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=6707
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:129e8d98-ac8f-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20140401