Species details

Accepted scientific name:

Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848) (accepted name)

Synonyms:

Acerina zillei Gervais, 1848 (synonym)

Acerina zillii Gervais, 1848 (synonym)

Chromis andreae Günther, 1864 (synonym)

Chromis caeruleomaculatus Rochebrune, 1880 (synonym)

Chromis coeruleomaculatus Rochebrune, 1880 (synonym)

Chromis faidherbii Rochebrune, 1880 (synonym)

Chromis melanopleura (Duméril, 1861) (synonym)

Chromis menzalensis Mitchell, 1895 (synonym)

Chromis mossambicus (non Peters, 1852) (misapplied name)

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

Chromis tristrami (Günther, 1860) (synonym)

Chromis zillii (Gervais, 1848) (synonym)

Coptodon zillei (Gervais, 1848) (synonym)

Coptodon zillii (Gervais, 1848) (synonym)

Coptodus zillei (Gervais, 1848) (synonym)

Coptodus zillii (Gervais, 1848) (synonym)

Glyphisidon zillei (Gervais, 1848) (synonym)

Glyphisidon zillii (Gervais, 1848) (synonym)

Haligenes tristrami Günther, 1860 (synonym)

Sarotherodon zillei (Gervais, 1848) (synonym)

Sarotherodon zillii (Gervais, 1848) (synonym)

Tilapia caeruleomaculatus (Rochebrune, 1880) (synonym)

Tilapia christyi (non Boulenger, 1915) (misapplied name)

Tilapia faidherbi (Rochebrune, 1880) (synonym)

Tilapia melanopleura Duméril, 1861 (synonym)

Tilapia menzalensis (Mitchell, 1895) (synonym)

Tilapia multiradiata Holly, 1928 (synonym)

Tilapia shariensis Fowler, 1949 (synonym)

Tilapia sparrmani subsp. multiradiata Holly, 1928 (synonym)

Tilapia sparrmanii (non Smith, 1840) (misapplied name)

Tilapia tristrami (Günther, 1860) (synonym)

Tilapia zillei (Gervais, 1848) (synonym)

Tilapia zilli (Gervais, 1848) (synonym)

Common names:

Zilli's tilapia English

тиляпия Жилли Russian

ジルティラピア Japanese

吉利吳郭魚 Mandarin Chinese

吉利吴郭鱼 Mandarin Chinese

吉利慈鯛 Mandarin Chinese

吉利慈鲷 Mandarin Chinese

齊氏非鯽 Mandarin Chinese

齐氏非鲫 Mandarin Chinese

Akpadi sila Ewe

Akpasila Ewe

Akpatsu Ewe

Amnun matzui Hebrew

A-sannoh Krio

Bere Kim

Biare Kim

Biering Kim

Bugu Hausa

Bulti Arabic

Cichlid English

Didee Ga

Disiwulen Jula

Epia Yoruba

Falga Hausa

Garagaza Hausa

Gargaza Hausa

Gba gba ferah Krio

Gbatchekede Aizi

Guring Kim

Ifunu Igbo, Ijo

Karfasa Hausa

Karwa Kanuri, Telugu

Ka-yainkain Krio

Kido El Molo

Kokine Turkana

Kpro ibre Adioukrou

Kuda Zande

Loroto Turkana

Mango fish English

Mojarra English, Papiamento, Spanish

Mojarrita Spanish

Mpupa Igbo

Ngege Luo, Other, Swahili

Ngipie Krio

Ngorkei Krio

Njabb Wolof

Obrouyou Aizi

Pastenague boulée French

Perege Swahili

Punavatsatilapia Finnish

Redbelly tilapia English

Sato Swahili

Sili French, Javanese, Malay, Surigaonon, Swahili

Silla Ewe

Sohn Kim

Tegr-pere Mòoré

Tha thompo Krio

Tihil Kim

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

Tome Ijo

Tsokungi Nupe

Ukuobu Ijo

Waas Wolof

Wass Wolof

Wass gnoul Wolof

Wesafun Yoruba

Zilles Buntbarsch German

Zille's cichlid English

Zill's tilapia English

Classification:

Animalia

LSID

Phylum Chordata

LSID

Class Actinopterygii

LSID

Order Perciformes

LSID

Family Cichlidae

LSID

Genus Tilapia

LSID

Distribution:

Western Sahara; Volta; USA (contiguous states); United Kingdom; Un. Sov. Soc. Rep.; Uganda; Turkey; Tunisia; Tsengwen River; Togo; Tigris; Thailand; Tanzania, United Rep. of; Tano; Tana River; Taiwan; Syrian Arab Republic; Sudan; Sri Lanka; Singapore; Sierra Leone; Senegal; Saudi Arabia; Sassandra River; Sanaga; Saint Paul; Saint John; Philippines; Palearctic; Pacific, Western Central; Ouémé River; Oriental; Ogun; Oceania - Inland waters; Nipoué; Nile; Nigeria; Niger; New Caledonia; Neotropical; Nearctic; Morocco; Mono River; Moa; Mexico; Mauritius; Mauritania; Mali; Malaysia; Madagascar; Loffa; Little Scarcies; Liberia; Lebanon; Lake Victoria; Lake Turkana; Lake Chad/Chari River; Laguna de Bay; Konkouré; Kenya; Kaoping River; Kainji Lake; Jordan; Japan; Israel; Iran (Islamic Rep. of); Hawaii (USA); Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Guam; Ghana; Gambia; Former USSR - Inland waters; Europe - Inland waters; Ethiopian; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Erhjen River; Egypt; Côte d'Ivoire; Corubal; Congo, Dem. Rep. of the; Comoé River; China; Chad; Central African Republic; Cavally River; Cameroon; Bia River; Benue River; Benin; Bandama River; Antigua and Barbuda; Asia - Inland waters; Australia; Australian; America, North - Inland waters; Africa-Inland Waters; Africa and Eurasia: South Morocco, Sahara, Niger-Benue system, rivers Senegal, Sassandra, Bandama, Boubo, Mé, Comoé, Bia, Ogun and Oshun, Volta system, Chad-Shari system, Ubangi-Uele-Ituri Rivers (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Lakes Mobutu and Turka

Additional data:

Source database:

FishBase, Dec 2008

Latest taxonomic scrutiny:

Group expert : Kullander S. O., Data last modified by FishBase 23-Mar-1994

Online resource:

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


CoL taxon LSID:

urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:4024b50a-52c2-102c-b3cd-957176fb88b9:ac2009


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