Species that contain: Sarotherodon and melanotheron [ 12 ] records

aequatorialis, Tilapia Roman [B.] 1971:7, Fig. 2 [Publicaciones del Instituto de Biología Aplicada Barcelona v. 49 [1970]; ref. 7780] Miyogo River, affluent of Monyoga, Yang, Muni River, Republic of Equatorial Guinea. Holotype: MCSBCN. Paratypes: (11) MRAC 164709-10 (2). •Synonym of Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell 1852, subspecies nigripinnis (Guichenot 1861) -- (Trewavas & Teugels 1991:435 [ref. 20954]). •Synonym of Sarotherodon nigripinnis subspecies nigripinnis (Guichenot 1861). Current status: Synonym of Sarotherodon nigripinnis (Guichenot 1861). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater.

dolloi, Tilapia Boulenger [G. A.] 1899:123, Pl. 45 (fig. 5) [Annales du Musee du Congo (Ser. Zoologie) v. 1 (fasc. 5); ref. 589] Lake Obeke, Upper Congo. Syntypes: BMNH 1899.11.27.80-81 (2), BMNH (1, skeleton); MRAC 1085 (1), 1086-87 (2). •Synonym of Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell 1852, subspecies nigripinnis (Guichenot 1861) -- (Trewavas & Teugels 1991:435 [ref. 20954]). •Synonym of Sarotherodon nigripinnis (Guichenot 1861) but a valid subspecies -- (Falk et al. 2003:81 [ref. 26792], Stiassny et al. 2007:387 [ref. 30045]). Current status: Synonym of Sarotherodon nigripinnis (Guichenot 1861). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: West-central Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

heudelotii, Tilapia Duméril [A. H. A.] 1861:254 [Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 10 [for 1858]; ref. 1149] Senegal. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-9371. Type catalog: Blanc 1962:223 [ref. 20868]. •Synonym of Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell 1852, but a valid subspecies -- (Lévêque et al. 1989:122 [ref. 26480] dated 1859, Trewavas & Teugels 1991:432 [ref. 20954], Lévèque et al. 1991:145 [ref. 31367], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:767 [ref. 21590], Falk et al. 2000:1861 [ref. 24775]). •Possibly a synonym of Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell 1852, subspecies leonensis Thys van den Audenaerde 1971 -- (Paugy et al. 1990:342 [ref. 26477]). Current status: Synonym of Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell 1852. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

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.

macrocephalus, Chromis Bleeker [P.] in Günther 1862:273 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4; ref. 1969] Ashantee, Guinea. Lectotype: RMNH 4916. Paralectotypes: RMNH 24405 [ex RMNH 4916] (1). Quoted directly from Bleeker in litt., author is therefore Bleeker. Appeared in Bleeker 1863 [ref. 395] as Melanogenes macrocephalus. Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1963:48, Pl. 4 (fig. 1) [ref. 21734]. •Synonym of Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell 1852 -- (Trewavas & Teugels 1991:433 [ref. 20954]). Current status: Synonym of Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell 1852. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

macrocephalus, Melanogenes Bleeker [P.] 1863:36, Pl. 6 (fig. 2) [Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem (Ser. 2) v. 18 (1862); ref. 395] Ashantee, Guinea. Lectotype: RMNH 4916. Paralectotypes: RMNH 24405 [ex RMNH 4916] (1). Appeared first and dates to Bleeker in Günther 1862 as Chromis macrocephalus; Bleeker 1863 is therefore preoccupied and objectively invalid. •Synonym of Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell 1852 -- (Trewavas & Teugels 1991:433 [ref. 20954], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:766 [ref. 21590]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell 1852. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

macrostoma, Tilapia multifasciata var. Pellegrin [J.] 1941:189 [Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France v. 66 (no. 3); ref. 19587] Plage de Balama, Guinea-Bissau. Holotype (unique): MNHN 1941-0080. Type catalog: Blanc 1962:224 [ref. 20868]. •Synonym of Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell 1852, subspecies heudelotii (Duméril 1858) -- (Lévêque et al. 1989:122 [ref. 26480], Trewavas & Teugels 1991:432 [ref. 20954], Lévèque et al. 1991:145 [ref. 31367], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:767 [ref. 21590]). Current status: Synonym of Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell 1852. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

melanotheron, Sarotherodon Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1852:21 [Fische und deren Skelette; ref. 3846] Guinea. Lectotype: SMF 1316. Paralectotypes: SMF 5411-12 (2). See Opinion 1548. Lectotype designation not researched, not designated here. •Valid as Tilapia melanotheron (Rüppell 1852) -- (Lee et al. 1980:773 [ref. 22416]). •Valid as Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell 1852 -- (Trewavas 1982:12 [ref. 39521], Paugy & Bénech 1989:304 [ref. 26478], Page & Burr 1991:334 [ref. 18983], Trewavas & Teugels 1991:433 [ref. 20954], Lévèque et al. 1991:145 [ref. 31367], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:766 [ref. 21590], Fuller et al. 1999:446 [ref. 25838], Dankwa et al. 1999:48 [ref. 28023], Falk et al. 2000:1849 [ref. 24775], Falk et al. 2003:81 [ref. 26792], Falk et al. 2003:2191 [ref. 27032], Nelson et al. 2004:153 [ref. 27807], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:210 [ref. 28183], Mundy 2005:422 [ref. 28379], Scharpf 2009:10 [ref. 30400], Page & Burr 2011:613 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:157 [ref. 32708], Kid et al. 2016:1388 [ref. 37303], Schelly & Stiassny in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2710 [ref. 34618], Robins et al. 2018:397 [ref. 35886], Dyldin et al. 2020:101 [ref. 37569], Jamandre 2023:164 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell 1852. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: West Africa: coastal drainages from Senegal south to northern Angola. Introduced elsewhere; established in Florida, U.S.A. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

microcephalus, Chromis Günther [A.] (ex Bleeker) 1862:272 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4; ref. 1969] Ghana. Lectotype: RMNH 4831. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1855.9.19.281 (2). See Boeseman 1963:48, Pl. 5 (fig. 3) [ref. 21734] for figured possible syntype. Lectotype selected by Trewavas 1983:48 [ref. 20940]. •Synonym of Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell 1852 -- (Trewavas & Teugels 1991:433 [ref. 20954], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:766 [ref. 21590]). Current status: Synonym of Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell 1852. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

nigripinnis, Tilapia Guichenot [A.] in Duméril 1861:254, Pl. 22 (figs. 2-2a) [Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 10 [for 1858]; ref. 1149] Gabon. Syntypes: MNHN A-9396 (2). Type catalog: Blanc 1962:224 [ref. 20868]. •Synonym of Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell 1852, but a valid subspecies -- (Trewavas & Teugels 1991:435 [ref. 20954], Falk et al. 2000:1859 [ref. 24775], Falk et al. 2003:81 [ref. 26792], Fermon et al. 2022:250 [ref. 39448]). •Valid as Sarotherodon nigripinnis (Guichenot 1861), subspecies nigripinnis -- (Stiassny et al. 2007:385 [ref. 30045]). •Valid as Sarotherodon nigripinnis (Guichenot 1861) -- (Schelly & Stiassny in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2710 [ref. 34618], Skelton 2019:228 [ref. 36564]). Current status: Valid as Sarotherodon nigripinnis (Guichenot 1861). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Western-central Africa: Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. Habitat: freshwater.

paludinosus, Sarotherodon melanotheron Trewavas [E.] 1983:64, Fig. 23 [ ref. 20940] Sangalkam, near Dakar, Senegal. Holotype: BMNH 1968.5.20.1. Paratypes: BMNH 1968.5.20.2-5 (4). •Synonym of Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell 1852, but a valid subspecies as described -- (Trewavas & Teugels 1991:436 [ref. 20954], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:768 [ref. 21590]). •Synonym of Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell 1852, subspecies heudelotii (Duméril 1861) -- (Falk et al. 2000:1861 [ref. 24775]). Current status: Synonym of Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell 1852. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

rangii, Tilapia Duméril [A. H. A.] 1861:255 [Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 10 [for 1858]; ref. 1149] Gorée, Senegal. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-9374. Type catalog: Blanc 1962:225 [ref. 20868]. •Synonym of Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell 1852, subspecies heudelotii (Duméril 1858) -- (Trewavas & Teugels 1991:432 [ref. 20954], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:767 [ref. 21590]). Current status: Synonym of Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell 1852. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.