Species that contain: Tilapia and zillii [ 9 ] records

andreae, Chromis Günther [A.] 1864:492 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 (pt 3); ref. 13931] Lake Galilée, northern Israel. Syntypes: BMNH 1864.8.20.8-9 (3). •Synonym of Tilapia zillii (Gervais 1848) -- (Goren 1974:103 [ref. 7502], Krupp & Schneider 1989:400 [ref. 13651], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde 1991:507 [ref. 20943], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:757 [ref. 21590]). •Synonym of Coptodon zillii (Gervais 1848) -- (Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:253 [ref. 37983], Çiçek et al. 2024:329 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Synonym of Coptodon zillii (Gervais 1848). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

coeruleomaculatus, Chromis Rochebrune [A. T. de] 1880:166 [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 4; ref. 3790] Senegal. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:45 [ref. 20862] as coeruleo maculatus and author as Sauvage. Originally as coeruleo maculatus. •Synonym of Tilapia zillii (Gervais 1848) -- (Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde 1991:507 [ref. 20943] as caeruleomaculatus, Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:757 [ref. 21590] as caeruleomaculatus). •Synonym of Coptodon zillii (Gervais 1848) -- (Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:253 [ref. 37983]). Current status: Synonym of Coptodon zillii (Gervais 1848). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

faidherbii, Chromis Rochebrune [A. T. de] 1880:167 [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 4; ref. 3790] Senegal. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:45 [ref. 20862] with author as Sauvage. •Synonym of Tilapia zillii (Gervais 1848) -- (Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde 1991:507 [ref. 20943], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:757 [ref. 21590]). •Valid as Coptodon zillii (Gervais 1848) -- (Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:253 [ref. 37983]). Current status: Synonym of Coptodon zillii (Gervais 1848). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

melanopleura, Tilapia Duméril [A. H. A.] 1861:252, Pl. 22 (figs. 1-1a) [Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 10 [for 1858]; ref. 1149] Senegal. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-9328. Type catalog: Blanc 1962:224 [ref. 20868]. •Synonym of Tilapia zillii (Gervais 1848) -- (Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde 1991:507 [ref. 20943], Lévèque et al. 1991:146 [ref. 31367], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:757 [ref. 21590]). •Synonym of Coptodon zillii (Gervais 1848) -- (Fricke et al. 2018:250 [ref. 35805], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:252 [ref. 37983]). Current status: Synonym of Coptodon zillii (Gervais 1848). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

menzalensis, Chromis Mitchell [J. C.] 1895:50, Pl. 3 [fourth plate, unnumbered] [Edible fishes of lake Menzaleh; ref. 14586] Lake Menzaleh, Egypt. Syntypes: BMNH 1896.10.24.3-8 (6). Described without scientific name on p. 13, name appears only on plate caption on p. 50 of Mitchell 1895 [ref. 14586]. •Synonym of Tilapia zillii (Gervais 1848) -- (Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde 1991:507 [ref. 20943], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:757 [ref. 21590]). •Synonym of Coptodon zillii (Gervais 1848) -- (Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:253 [ref. 37983]). Current status: Synonym of Coptodon zillii (Gervais 1848). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

multiradiata, Tilapia sparrmani Holly [M.] 1928:188, Fig. 3 [Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 79; ref. 15855] Shari [Chari] River, near Fort Archambault [Sarh], Chad, ca. 09°09′N 18°23′E. Syntypes: (17) NMW 13736-51 (16). Type catalog: Bogutskaya et al. 2022:67 [ref. 39277]. •Synonym of Tilapia zillii (Gervais 1848) -- (Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde 1991:507 [ref. 20943], Lévèque et al. 1991:146 [ref. 31367], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:757 [ref. 21590]). •Synonym of Coptodon zillii (Gervais 1848) -- (Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:253 [ref. 37983]). Current status: Synonym of Coptodon zillii (Gervais 1848). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

shariensis, Tilapia Fowler [H. W.] 1949:273, Figs. 88-93 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 101; ref. 1461] Bahr Sara, tributary of Shari [Chari] River, near Fort Archambault [Sahr], Chad. Holotype: ANSP 71937. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:59 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Tilapia zillii (Gervais 1848) -- (Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde 1991:508 [ref. 20943], Lévèque et al. 1991:146 [ref. 31367], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:757 [ref. 21590]). •Synonym of Coptodon zillii (Gervais 1848). Current status: Synonym of Coptodon zillii (Gervais 1848). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

tristrami, Haligenes Günther [A.] 1860:471, Pl. 9 (fig. B) [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1859 (pt 3); ref. 1962] Salt Lake and ditches of Tuggurt, Algeria. Syntypes: BMNH 1859.11.30.6-7 (2). •Synonym of Tilapia zillii (Gervais 1848) -- (Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde 1991:506 [ref. 20943], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:757 [ref. 21590]). •Synonym of Coptodon zillii (Gervais 1848). Current status: Synonym of Coptodon zillii (Gervais 1848). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

zillii, Acerina Gervais [F. L. P.] 1848:203 [Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris (Zoologie) (Sér. 3) v. 10; ref. 18105] Artesian well, Tuggurth, Algeria [North Africa]. Syntypes: MNHN (lost). •Valid as Tilapia zillii (Gervais 1848) -- (Goren 1974:103 [ref. 7502], Lee et al. 1980:775 [ref. 22416], Trewavas 1982:12 [ref. 39521], Dor 1984:178 [ref. 29757], Krupp & Schneider 1989:400 [ref. 13651], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:540 [ref. 25598], Lévêque et al. 1989:123 [ref. 26480], Paugy & Bénech 1989:304 [ref. 26478], Lévêque 1990:43 [ref. 19786], Paugy et al. 1990:343 [ref. 26477], Page & Burr 1991:335 [ref. 18983] as zilli, Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde 1991:503 [ref. 20943], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:757 [ref. 21590], Goren & Dor 1994:49 [ref. 25356], Coad 1995:28 [ref. 23608], Mekkawy 1995:2 [ref. 23990], Mekkawy 1995:29 [ref. 21932], Golani 1996:26 [ref. 22271], Coad 1996:86 [ref. 25304] as zilli, Fuller et al. 1999:451 [ref. 25838], Dankwa et al. 1999:48 [ref. 28023], Nakabo 2000:916 [ref. 25182], Azeroual et al. 2000:20 [ref. 25366], Hutchins 2001:37 [ref. 25847], Carpenter 2001:3336 [ref. 26131] as zilli, Nakabo 2002:916 [ref. 26193], Moyle 2002:415 [ref. 26449], Carpenter 2003:1693 [ref. 27092], Hamidan 2004:391 [ref. 37679], Nelson et al. 2004:153 [ref. 27807], Seegers et al. 2003:46 [ref. 28087], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:211 [ref. 28183], Golani 2005:49 [ref. 37112], Love et al. 2005:132 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:424 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1438 [ref. 29081], Fricke et al. 2007:92 [ref. 29533], Fricke et al. 2009:77 [ref. 30213], Scharpf 2009:10 [ref. 30400], Minckley & Marsh 2009:269 [ref. 31114] as zilli, Coad 2010:267 [ref. 36620], Dunz & Schliewen 2010:2 [ref. 30890], Dunz & Schliewen 2010:279 [ref. 31064], Page & Burr 2011:614 [ref. 31215], Marshall 2011:242 [ref. 31755], Dunz & Schliewen 2012:18 [ref. 31983], Page et al. 2013:158 [ref. 32708], Kottelat 2013:375 [ref. 32989], Golani 2021:66 [ref. 38303]). •Valid as Coptodon zillii (Gervais 1848) -- (Dunz & Schliewen 2013:73 [ref. 32672], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:896 [ref. 34062], Çiçek et al. 2015:152 [ref. 35151], Kidé et al. 2016:1388 [ref. 37303], Schelly & Stiassny in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2709 [ref. 34618], Neumann et al. 2016:307 [ref. 35036] and as cf. zillii, 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], Louizi et al. 2019:98 [ref. 38351], Bayçelebi 2020:763 [ref. 37964], Çiçek et al. 2020:257 [ref. 37644], Freyhof et al. 2020:5 [ref. 37614], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:252 [ref. 37983], Fu et al. 2021:9573 [ref. 39347], Love et al. 2021:171 [ref. 39279], Al-Faisal et al. 2022:1409 [ref. 39565], Çiçek et al. 2022:4 [ref. 38985], Fermon et al. 2022:246 [ref. 39448] with question, Gómez-Martínez et al. 2022:243 [ref. 39506], Akoth et al. 2023:14 [ref. 40069], Chan et al. 2023:143 [ref. 40365], Çiçek et al. 2023:465 [ref. 40601], Çiçek et al. 2023:29 [ref. 40616], Çiçek et al. 2023:435 [ref. 40625], Jamandre 2023:163 [ref. 40455], Page et al. 2023:136 [ref. 40505], Saad et al. 2023:39 [ref. 40501], Çiçek et al. 2024:329 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Coptodon zillii (Gervais 1848). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: North Africa: Morocco east to Egypt, south to Nigeria and Central African Republic; Middle East: Syria south to Israel and Jordan. Introduced elsewhere, including some southern U.S.A. states. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.