Species that contain: Tilapia and galilaea [ 2 ] records

galilaeus, Sparus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:282 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Lake Tiberias [Galilée], Israel. No types known. Lectotype reference in Neumann et al. 2911:18 [ref. 31163] is eroneous; Krupp & Schneider did not designated a lectotype for this species. •Valid as Tilapia galilaea and attributed to Artedi -- (Goren 1974:102 [ref. 7502]). •Valid as Sarotherodon galilaeus (Linnaeus 1758), subspecies galilaeus -- (Seegers et al. 2003:45 [ref. 28087], Stiassny et al. 2007:391 [ref. 30045]). •Valid as Sarotherodon galilaeus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Trewavas 1982:12 [ref. 39521], Krupp & Schneider 1989:398 [ref. 13651], Lévêque et al. 1989:122 [ref. 26480], Paugy & Bénech 1989:304 [ref. 26478], Lévêque 1990:43 [ref. 19786], Paugy et al. 1990:342 [ref. 26477], Trewavas & Teugels 1991:426 [ref. 20954], Lévèque et al. 1991:145 [ref. 31367], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:772 [ref. 21590], Mekkawy 1995:2 [ref. 23990], Coad 1996:86 [ref. 25304], Dankwa et al. 1999:48 [ref. 28023], Hamidan 2004:392 [ref. 37679], Çiçek et al. 2015:152 [ref. 35151], Neumann et al. 2016:307 [ref. 35036] and as cf. galilaeus, Skelton 2019:229 [ref. 36564], Bayçelebi 2020:763 [ref. 37964], Çiçek et al. 2022:4 [ref. 38985], Akoth et al. 2023:15 [ref. 40069], Çiçek et al. 2023:467 [ref. 40601], Saad et al. 2023:40 [ref. 40501], Çiçek et al. 2024:335 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Sarotherodon galilaeus (Linnaeus 1758). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Middle East. Introduced elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

microstomus, Chromis Lortet [L.] 1883:139, Pl. 8 (fig. 1) [Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Lyon v. 3; ref. 14341] Lake Tiberias [Galilée], Israel. Lectotype: MGHN 3077. Paralectotypes: ?MCZ 25549 (2); MGHN 3074-77 (2, 7, 6, 8); USNM 48016 (1). Lectotype selected by Krupp & Schneider 1989:398 [ref. 13651]; some of the original syntypes are Tilapia zilli. •Synonym of Tilapia galilaea (Lortet 1883) -- (Goren 1974:102 [ref. 7502]). •See Neumann et al. 2011:18 [ref. 31163]. •Synonym of Sarotherodon galilaeus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Krupp & Schneider 1989:398 [ref. 13651], Trewavas & Teugels 1991:429 [ref. 20954], Çiçek et al. 2024:335 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Synonym of Sarotherodon galilaeus (Linnaeus 1758). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.