lemassoni, Tilapia Blache [J.] & Miton [F.] 1960:217 [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2) v. 32 (no. 3); ref. 11892] Lake Chad basin. Syntypes: MNHN 1959-0222 (2) Mare de Mbélé, lower Logone; CEPFL 1190 (1), 1194 (1), 1200 (1), 749-56 (8), 758-69 (12), 773-76 (4). Type catalog: Blanc 1961:274 [ref. 20870], Blanc 1962:223 [ref. 20868]. •Synonym of Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner 1864) -- (Trewavas & Teugels 1991:312 [ref. 20954], Lévèque et al. 1991:145 [ref. 31367], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:763 [ref. 21590]). Current status: Synonym of Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner 1864). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.