Species details

Accepted scientific name:

Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864) (accepted name)

Synonyms:

Chromis aureus Steindachner, 1864 (synonym)

Chromis niloticus (non Linnaeus, 1758) (misapplied name)

Oreochromis auraeus (Steindachner, 1864) (synonym)

Oreochromis aurea (Steindachner, 1864) (synonym)

Sarotherodon aureum (Steindachner, 1864) (synonym)

Sarotherodon aureus (Steindachner, 1864) (synonym)

Tilapia affinis (non Duméril, 1858) (misapplied name)

Tilapia aurea (Steindachner, 1864) (synonym)

Tilapia aurea subsp. exul Steinitz, 1951 (synonym)

Tilapia heudeloti (non Duméril, 1858) (misapplied name)

Tilapia heudelotii (non Duméril, 1858) (misapplied name)

Tilapia kacherbi Wunder, 1960 (ambiguous synonym)

Tilapia kashabi Elster, 1958 (ambiguous synonym)

Tilapia lemassoni Blache & Miton, 1960 (synonym)

Tilapia melanopleura (non Duméril, 1861) (misapplied name)

Tilapia monodi Daget, 1954 (synonym)

Tilapia nilotica (non Linnaeus, 1758) (misapplied name)

Tilapia nilotica subsp. exul Steinitz, 1951 (synonym)

Tilapia sp. Not applicable (ambiguous synonym)

Common names:

奥利亚口孵非鲫(引进) Mandarin Chinese

奥利亚非鲫 Mandarin Chinese

奧利亞口孵非鯽(引進) Mandarin Chinese

奧利亞非鯽 Mandarin Chinese

Abiad Hasani Arabic

Amnon hayaor Hebrew

amnun hayarden Hebrew

Amnun yarden Hebrew

An-boh boh Krio

Biering-pill Kim

Blue tilapia English

Bolti Azrak Arabic

Epia Yoruba

Fartere Other

Gargassa Haoussa

Gargaza Hausa

Golden tilapia English

Goldtilapia German

Guldtilapia Swedish

Holinga Haoussa

Ifunu Igbo, Ijo

Israeli tilapia English

Israelse tilapia Afrikaans

Jordan St. Peter's fish English

Karpassa Haoussa

Karwa Kanuri, Telugu

Kpeloi Krio

Kultatilapia Finnish

Kurpertilapia English

Mojarra English, Papiamento, Spanish

Mpupa Igbo

musht lubbad Arabic

Partere Other

Sale Kim, Unknown

Sayray Krio

Sohn-pill Kim

Tilapia Creole, French, English, Fijian, French, Malay, Portuguese, Sinhalese, Spanish, Sranan, Tagalog, Tamil

Tilapia áurea Spanish

Tilapia azul Spanish

Tome Ijo

Tsokungi Nupe

Ukuobu Ijo

Waas Wolof

Waas xos Wolof

Wass khoss Wolof

Wass-bor Wolof

Classification:

Animalia

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Phylum Chordata

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Class Actinopterygii

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Order Perciformes

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Family Cichlidae

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Genus Oreochromis

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Distribution:

Zambia; Yili River; Thailand; Turkey; Uganda; United Arab Emirates; USA (contiguous states); Taiwan; Syrian Arab Republic; South Africa; Singapore; Senegal; Saudi Arabia; Russian Federation; Puerto Rico; Philippines; Peru; Panama; Palearctic; Pakistan; Oriental; Oman; Oceania - Inland waters; Nile; Nigeria; Niger; Nicaragua; Netherlands Antilles; Neotropical; Nearctic; Myanmar; Mexico; Mali; Madagascar; Lake Chad/Chari River; Laguna de Bay; Kuwait; Kainji Lake; Jordan; Japan; Israel; Haiti; Guatemala; French Polynesia; Former USSR - Inland waters; Ethiopian; El Salvador; Egypt; Côte d'Ivoire; Cuba; Cyprus; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Costa Rica; Colorado; China; Chad; Cameroon; Brazil; Benue River; Bahamas; Asia - Inland waters; Arkansas; Antigua and Barbuda; America, South - Inland waters; America, North - Inland waters; Africa-Inland Waters; Africa and Eurasia: Jordan Valley, Lower Nile, Chad Basin, Benue, middle and upper Niger, Senegal River (Ref. 21). Introduced in the oasis of Azraq (Jordan) as well as in warm water ponds of USA, South and Central America and South East Asia. At least

Additional data:

Source database:

FishBase, Dec 2008

Latest taxonomic scrutiny:

Group expert : Kullander S. O., Data last modified by FishBase 15-Dec-1995

Online resource:

http://www.fishbase.org/...


CoL taxon LSID:

urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:4022d830-52c2-102c-b3cd-957176fb88b9:ac2009


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