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Genera that contain: Tilapia [ 30 ] records

Alcolapia Thys van den Audenaerde [D. F. E.] 1969:xxxv [Documentation Zoologique / Musée de lAfrique centrale. No. 14; ref. 20865] Fem. Tilapia grahami Boulenger 1912. Type by original designation. •Valid as Alcolapia Thys van den Audenaerde 1969 -- (Seegers et al. 1999:175 [ref. 23805]). •Synonym of Oreochromis Günther 1889, but a valid subgenus Alcolapia as described -- (Trewavas 1982:12 [ref. 39521], Trewavas 1983:27 [ref. 20940], Seegers & Tichy 1999:143 [ref. 23790], Ford et al. 2019:223 [ref. 36713]). Current status: Synonym of Oreochromis Günther 1889. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Boulengerochromis Pellegrin [J.] 1904:(164) 304 [Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France v. 16 (nos 2-4); ref. 3419] Masc. Tilapia microlepis Boulenger 1899. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Boulengerochromis Pellegrin 1904 -- (Poll 1986:30 [ref. 6136], Maréchal & Poll 1991:25 [ref. 20946], Poll & Gosse 1995:227 [ref. 24781], Takahashi 2003:377 [ref. 27540], Konings 2015:325 [ref. 34660]). Current status: Valid as Boulengerochromis Pellegrin 1904. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Coelotilapia Dunz [A. R.] & Schliewen [U. K.] 2013:71 [Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution v. 68 (no. 1); ref. 32672] Fem. Tilapia joka Thys van den Audenaerde 1969. Type by original designation. •Valid as Coelotilapia Dunz & Schliewen 2013. Current status: Valid as Coelotilapia Dunz & Schliewen 2013. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Congolapia Dunz [A. R.], Vreven [E. J.] & Schliewen [U. K.] 2012:161 [Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 23 (no. 2); ref. 32297] Fem. Tilapia bilineata Pellegrin 1900. Type by original designation. •Valid as Congolapia Dunz, Vreven & Schliewen 2012. Current status: Valid as Congolapia Dunz, Vreven & Schliewen 2012. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Coptodon Gervais [F. L. P.] 1853:8 [Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris (Zoologie) (Sér. 3) v. 19; ref. 1575] Masc. Acerina zillii Gervais 1848. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Also appeared as new in Gervais 1853:80 [ref. 33801]; there twice misspelled as Coptodus. Earliest publication not researched. •Synonym of Tilapia Smith 1840, but a valid subgenus Coptodon Gervais 1853 -- (Dunz & Schliewen 2010:255 [ref. 31064], Dunz & Schliewen 2012:18 [ref. 31983]). •Valid as Coptodon Gervais 1853 -- (Dunz & Schliewen 2013:73 [ref. 32672], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:896 [ref. 34062], Kide et al. 2016:[20] 1388 [ref. 37303], Esmaeili et al. 2017:88 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:70 [ref. 36089], Fricke et al. 2018:250 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:112 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Valid as Coptodon Gervais 1853. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Cyathopharynx Regan [C. T.] 1920:42 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) v. 5 (no. 25); ref. 3669] Masc. Tilapia grandoculis Boulenger 1899. Type by original designation. •Valid as Cyathopharynx Regan 1920 -- (Poll 1986:98 [ref. 6136], Maréchal & Poll 1991:64 [ref. 20946], Poll & Gosse 1995:225 [ref. 24781], Takahashi 2003:378 [ref. 27540], Takahashi & Hori 2012:1 [ref. 33116], Konings 2015:274 [ref. 34660]). Current status: Valid as Cyathopharynx Regan 1920. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Dagetia (subgenus of Coptodon) Thys van den Audenaerde [D. F. E.] 1969:xxxii [Documentation Zoologique / Musée de lAfrique centrale. No. 14; ref. 20865] Fem. Tilapia rheophila Daget 1962. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Tilapia Smith 1840 -- (Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde 1991:482 [ref. 20943]). •Synonym of Coptodon Gervais 1853. Current status: Synonym of Coptodon Gervais 1853. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Danakilia (subgenus of Tilapia) Thys van den Audenaerde [D. F. E.] 1969:xxxv [Documentation Zoologique / Musée de lAfrique centrale. No. 14; ref. 20865] Fem. Tilapia franchettii Vinciguerra 1931. Type by original designation. •Valid as Danakilia Thys van den Audenaerde 1969 -- (Trewavas 1983:32 [ref. 20940], Trewavas & Teugels 1991:75 [ref. 20954], Poll & Gosse 1995:257 [ref. 24781], Takahashi 2003:379 [ref. 27540], Stiassny et al. 2010:43 [ref. 31055]). Current status: Valid as Danakilia Thys van den Audenaerde 1969. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Fossorochromis Eccles [D. H.] & Trewavas [E.] 1989:275 [Malawian cichlid fishes. The classification of some Haplochromine genera.; ref. 13547] Masc. Tilapia rostrata Boulenger 1899. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Fossorochromis Eccles & Trewavas 1989 -- (Maréchal 1991:90 [ref. 20944], Snoeks & Hanssens 2004:281 [ref. 28117]). Current status: Valid as Fossorochromis Eccles & Trewavas 1989. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Haligenes Günther [A.] 1860:471 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1859 (pt 3); ref. 1962] Masc. Haligenes tristrami Günther 1860. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Tilapia Smith 1840. •Synonym of Coptodon Gervais 1853. Current status: Synonym of Coptodon Gervais 1853. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Heterotilapia (subgenus of Tilapia) Regan [C. T.] 1920:38 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) v. 5 (no. 25); ref. 3669] Fem. Chromis buttikoferi Hubrecht 1881. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Presumed preoccupied by Heterotilapia Regan 1904 in Zoological Record 1904, but this name is a misspelling of Herotilapia Pellegrin 1904. Not to be replaced by Reganotilapia Whitley 1950. •Valid as Heterotilapia Regan 1920 -- (Dunz & Schliewen 2013:78 [ref. 32672]). Current status: Valid as Heterotilapia Regan 1920. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Konia Trewavas [E.] in Trewavas, Green & Corbet 1972:61 [Journal of Zoology (London) v. 167 (pt 1); ref. 4460] Fem. Tilapia eisentrauti Trewavas 1962. Type by original designation. •Valid as Konia Trewavas 1972 -- (Teugels 1991:206 [ref. 20955], Poll & Gosse 1995:259 [ref. 24781], Takahashi 2003:379 [ref. 27540] with 3 authors, Stiassny et al. 2007:399 [ref. 30045]). Current status: Valid as Konia Trewavas 1972. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Labrochromis Regan [C. T.] 1920:45 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) v. 5 (no. 25); ref. 3669] Masc. Tilapia pallida not of Boulenger 1911 (Haplochromis ishmaeli Boulenger 1906). Type by original designation. Based on a misidentified type species (see Greenwood 1980:37 [ref. 1899]), specimens misidentified by Regan as T. pallida were Haplochromis ishmaeli Boulenger 1906, as recognized by Regan (1922). Probably should go to ICZN. Labrochromis treated as valid by Greenwood 1980:37 [ref. 1899]. •Synonym of Gaurochromis Greenwood 1980 -- (Poll & Gosse 1995:275 [ref. 24781]). •Synonym of Haplochromis Hilgendorf 1888 -- (van Oijen et al. 1991:100 [ref. 20956], van Oijen 1996:101 [ref. 22826]). Current status: Synonym of Haplochromis Hilgendorf 1888. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Laruwiala Thys van den Audenaerde [D. F. E.] 1969:xxxvi [Documentation Zoologique / Musée de lAfrique centrale. No. 14; ref. 20865] Fem. Tilapia macrochir Boulenger 1912. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Oreochromis Günther 1889, subgenus Nyasalapia Thys van den Audenaerde 1969 -- (Trewavas 1983:28 [ref. 20940]). Current status: Synonym of Oreochromis Günther 1889. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Limnotilapia Regan [C. T.] 1920:39 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) v. 5 (no. 25); ref. 3669] Fem. Tilapia dardennii Boulenger 1899. Type by original designation. •Valid as Limnotilapia Regan 1920 -- (Poll 1986:82 [ref. 6136], Maréchal & Poll 1991:246 [ref. 20946], Poll & Gosse 1995:231 [ref. 24781], Takahashi 2003:379 [ref. 27540], Konings 2015:227 [ref. 34660]). Current status: Valid as Limnotilapia Regan 1920. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Lobochilotes Boulenger [G. A.] 1915:280 [Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa v. 3; ref. 584] Fem. Tilapia labiata Boulenger 1898. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Lobochilotes Boulenger 1915 -- (Poll 1986:81 [ref. 6136], Maréchal & Poll 1991:248 [ref. 20946], Poll & Gosse 1995:231 [ref. 24781], Takahashi 2003:379 [ref. 27540], Konings 2015:266 [ref. 34660]). Current status: Valid as Lobochilotes Boulenger 1915. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Metriaclima Stauffer [J. R., Jr.], Bowers [N. J.], Kellogg [K. A.] & McKaye [K. R.] 1997:191 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 148; ref. 23216] Neut. Tilapia zebra Boulenger 1899. Type by original designation. Stauffer & Kellogg 2001:146 [ref. 25895] regard Maylandia as lacking a diagnosis and unavailable, but that is incorrect (WNE, Jan. 2007); see account of Maylandia. The gender of Metriaclima is neuter and not masculine as treated by Stauffer et al 1997 -- from the Greek ....klima (see ICZN Art. 3.1.2) [Schraml in Dreimätz 2011:25 [ref. 31214]]. •Incorrectly treated as valid as Metriaclima Stauffer, Bowers, Kellogg & McKay 1997 -- (Stauffer & Kellogg 2001:146 [ref. 25895], Konings & Stauffer 2006:233 [ref. 28844], Ciccotto et al. 2011:1 [ref. 31119], Stauffer et al. 2013:102 [ref. 32704], Konings 2016:24 [ref. 34521], Li et al. 2016:354 [ref. 34737], Stauffer 2018:95 [ref. 35733], Miller et al. 2021:419 [ref. 38715], Stauffer & Konings 2023:265 [ref. 40201]). •Synonym of Maylandia Meyer & Förster 1984 -- (Condé & Géry 1999:21 [ref. 24278], Ufermann 2001:60 [ref. 30286]). Current status: Synonym of Maylandia Meyer & Förster 1984. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Neochromis Regan [C. T.] 1920:45 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) v. 5 (no. 25); ref. 3669] Masc. Tilapia simotes Boulenger 1911. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Neochromis Regan 1920 -- (Greenwood 1980:49 [ref. 1899], Poll & Gosse 1995:284 [ref. 24781], Seehausen et al. 1998:139 [ref. 23435]). •Synonym of Haplochromis Hilgendorf 1888 -- (van Oijen et al. 1991:101 [ref. 20956]). Current status: Valid as Neochromis Regan 1920. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Neotrewavasia (subgenus of Tilapia) Ufermann [A.] 2001:57 [L'an Cichlidé v. 1; ref. 26905] Fem. Tilapia guinasana Trewavas 1936. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement name for Trewavasia Thys van den Audenaerde 1969, preoccupied in fossil fishes. •Synonym of Tilapia Smith 1840. Current status: Synonym of Tilapia Smith 1840. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Ophthalmotilapia Pellegrin [J.] 1904:(165) 345 [Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France v. 16 (nos 2-4); ref. 3419] Fem. Tilapia boops Boulenger 1901. Type by subsequent designation. Earliest type designation not researched; two included species. •Valid as Ophthalmotilapia Pellegrin 1904 -- (Liem 1981:192 [ref. 6897], Poll 1986:94 [ref. 6136], Maréchal & Poll 1991:303 [ref. 20946], Poll & Gosse 1995:225 [ref. 24781], Takahashi 2003:378 [ref. 27540], Takahashi & Hori 2012:1 [ref. 33166], Konings 2015:44 [ref. 34660]). Current status: Valid as Ophthalmotilapia Pellegrin 1904. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Otopharynx Regan [C. T.] 1920:38 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) v. 5 (no. 25); ref. 3669] Masc. Tilapia auromarginata Boulenger 1908. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Otopharynx Regan 1920 -- (Eccles & Trewavas 1989:154 [ref. 13547], Maréchal 1991:347 [ref. 20944], Cleaver et al. 2009:164 [ref. 30418], Stauffer et al. 2011:212 [ref. 31560], Oliver 2018:163 [ref. 36257]). Current status: Valid as Otopharynx Regan 1920. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Pelmatolapia Thys van den Audenaerde [D. F. E.] 1969:xxviii [Documentation Zoologique / Musée de lAfrique centrale. No. 14; ref. 20865] Fem. Tilapia mariae Boulenger 1899. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Tilapia Smith 1840 -- (Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde 1991:206, 482 [ref. 20943]). •Valid as Pelmatolapia Thys van den Audenaerde 1969 -- (Dunz & Schliewen 2013:73 [ref. 32672]). Current status: Valid as Pelmatolapia Thys van den Audenaerde 1969. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Ptychochromis Steindachner [F.] 1880:248 [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 82 (1. Abth., no. 2); ref. 4230] Masc. Tilapia oligacanthus Bleeker 1868. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Ptychochromis Steindachner 1880 -- (Maréchal & Gosse 1991:417 [ref. 20961], Kullander 1998:494 [ref. 23855], Sparks & Reinthal 2001:128 [ref. 25365], Stiassny et al. 2001:31 [ref. 25402], Sparks 2002:120 [ref. 25893], Sparks 2003:317 [ref. 27400], Sparks 2004:1 [ref. 27850], Stiassny & Sparks 2006:2, 14 [ref. 28788], Sparks 2008:54 [ref. 29766], Sparks & Stiassny 2010:34 [ref. 30695], Martinez et al. 2015:79 [ref. 34035], Fricke et al. 2018:256 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Ptychochromis Steindachner 1880. Cichlidae: Ptychochrominae.

Ptychochromoides Kiener [A.] & Maugé [A. L.] 1966:77 [Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Serie A Zoologie v. 40 (no. 2); ref. 2605] Masc. Tilapia betsileana Boulenger 1899. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Ptychochromoides Kiener & Maugé 1966 -- (Maréchal & Gosse 1991:419 [ref. 20961], Reinthal & Stiassny 1997:353 [ref. 22780], Sparks & Reinthal 2001:119 [ref. 25365], Sparks 2002:120 [ref. 25893], Sparks 2003:324 [ref. 27400], Sparks 2004:1 [ref. 27850], Sparks 2008:54 [ref. 29766], Sparks & Stiassny 2010:47 [ref. 30695], Sparks et al. 2012:17 [ref. 32021], Fricke et al. 2018:259 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Ptychochromoides Kiener & Maugé 1966. Cichlidae: Ptychochrominae.

Rheohaplochromis (subgenus of Haplochromis) Thys van den Audenaerde [D. F. E.] 1963:145 [Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines v. 68 (pts 1-2); ref. 4404] Masc. Tilapia polyacanthus Boulenger 1899. Apparently not available as above, described after 1930 with two included species and no designation of a type species (Art 13.3). Perhaps can date to treatment in Zoological Record for 1964 (see remarks on Art. 13.3 in Appendix A in Eschmeyer 1990 [ref. 20647]). •Synonym of Haplochromis Hilgendorf 1888 -- (van Oijen et al. 1991:101 [ref. 20956]). •Synonym of Schwetzochromis Poll 1948 -- (Roberts & Kullander 1994:120 [ref. 21382]). Current status: Synonym of Schwetzochromis Poll 1948. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Sarotherodon Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1852:21 [Fische und deren Skelette; ref. 3846] Masc. Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell 1852. Type by monotypy. Type species conserved and genus name placed on Official List (Opinion 1548). Fossil species included by van Couvering 1982:82 [ref. 2042]. Synonym of Tilapia Smith 1840 -- (authors). •Valid as Sarotherodon Rüppell 1852 -- (Trewavas et al. 1972:48 [ref. 4460], Trewavas 1982:12 [ref. 39521], Trewavas 1983:24 [ref. 20940], Trewavas 1987 [ref. 6377], Krupp & Schneider 1989:398 [ref. 13651], Lévêque et al. 1989:122 [ref. 26480], Paugy & Bénech 1989:304 [ref. 26478], Paugy et al. 1990:342 [ref. 26477], Trewavas & Teugels 1991:425 [ref. 20954], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:764 [ref. 21590], Poll & Gosse 1995:257 [ref. 24781], Dankwa et al. 1999:48 [ref. 28023], Takahashi 2003:379 [ref. 27540], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:210 [ref. 28183], Stiassny et al. 2007:383 [ref. 30045], Scharpf 2009:9 [ref. 30400]). Current status: Valid as Sarotherodon Rüppell 1852. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Tilapia Smith [A.] 1840:Pl. 5 [Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa v. 4; ref. 4035] Fem. Tilapia sparrmanii Smith 1840. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Tilapia Smith 1840 -- (Thys van den Audenaerde 1964 [ref. 3666], Thys van den Audenaerde 1966 [ref. 9079], Trewavas 1982:12 [ref. 39521], Uyeno & Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:190 [ref. 6441], Poll 1986:28 [ref. 6136], Krupp & Schneider 1989:399 [ref. 13651], Lévêque et al. 1989:122 [ref. 26480], Paugy & Bénech 1989:304 [ref. 26478], Paugy et al. 1990:343 [ref. 26477], Ye in Pan et al. 1991:414 [ref. 23876], Stiassny et al. 1992:311 [ref. 20001], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:742 [ref. 21590], Poll & Gosse 1995:227, 251, 257, 289 [ref. 24781], Seegers 1996:282 [ref. 23725], Farias et al. 1998:502 [ref. 23856], Dankwa et al. 1999:47 [ref. 28023], Carpenter 2001:3334 [ref. 26131], Carpenter 2003:1691 [ref. 27092], Takahashi 2003:379 [ref. 27540], Snoeks & Hanssens 2004:307 [ref. 28117], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:211 [ref. 28183], Allen et al. 2006:1438 [ref. 29081], Stiassny et al. 2007:353 [ref. 30045], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:540 [ref. 29996], Scharpf 2009:10 [ref. 30400], Minckley & Marsh 2009:269 [ref. 31114], Coad 2010:267 [ref. 36620], Dunz & Schliewen 2010:255 [ref. 31064], Marshall 2011:235 [ref. 31755], Dunz & Schliewen 2012:17 [ref. 31983], Dunz & Schliewen 2013:74 [ref. 32672], Kottelat 2013:375 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Tilapia Smith 1840. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Tramitichromis Eccles [D. H.] & Trewavas [E.] 1989:256 [Malawian cichlid fishes. The classification of some Haplochromine genera.; ref. 13547] Masc. Tilapia brevis Boulenger 1908. Type by original designation. •Valid as Tramitichromis Eccles & Trewavas 1989 -- (Maréchal 1991:509 [ref. 20944], Ngatunga & Snoeks 2003:127 [ref. 26763], Ngatunga & Snoeks 2004:253 [ref. 28115], Snoeks & Hanssens 2004:308 [ref. 28117]). Current status: Valid as Tramitichromis Eccles & Trewavas 1989. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Trewavasia (subgenus of Tilapia) Thys van den Audenaerde [D. F. E.] 1969:xxviii [Documentation Zoologique / Musée de lAfrique centrale. No. 14; ref. 20865] Fem. Tilapia guinasana Trewavas 1936. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Trewavasia White & Moy-Thomas 1941 in fossil fishes. Replaced by Neotrewavasia Ufermann 2001. •In the synonymy of Tilapia Smith 1840 -- (Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde 1991:482 [ref. 20943]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Tilapia Smith 1840. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.

Vallicola (subgenus of Oreochromis) Trewavas [E.] 1983:27, 29 [ref. 20940] Masc. Tilapia amphimelas Hilgendorf 1905. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Oreochromis Günther 1889. Current status: Synonym of Oreochromis Günther 1889. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.


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