leonensis, Tilapia (Sarotherodon) Thys van den Audenaerde [D. F. E.] 1971:205, Fig. 1 [Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines v. 84 (no. 3-4); ref. 478] Grafton Bridge, Sierra Leone, 8°24'N, 13°00'W. Holotype: MRAC 169989. Paratypes: MRAC 169990-92 (3), 169993-98 (6), 169999-170002 (4), 170003-27 (25), 170028 (1), 170029-33 (5), 170034-37 (4). •Synonym of Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell 1852, but a valid subspecies -- (Paugy et al. 1990:342 [ref. 26477], Trewavas & Teugels 1991:432 [ref. 20954], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:768 [ref. 21590], Falk et al. 2000:1860 [ref. 24775] as questionably valid as a subspecies). •Synonym of Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell 1852, but a valid subspecies leonensis (Thys van den Audenaerde 1971) -- (Falk et al. 2003:81 [ref. 26792]). Current status: Synonym of Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell 1852. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.