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Species related to Oreochromis macrochir: [ 6 ] records


macrochir, Tilapia Boulenger [G. A.] 1912:139 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 10 (no. 55); ref. 14832] Upper Zambezi River. Lectotype: BMNH 1908.11.6.35. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1908.11.6.36 (1), 1908.11.6.37-46 (10), 1907.11.30.15-17 (3), 1911.1.27.30-33 (4). Lectotype selected by Trewavas 1983 [ref. 20940]. •Valid as Oreochromis macrochir (Boulenger 1912), valid subspecies macrochir (Boulenger 1912) -- (Fermon et al. 2022:247 [ref. 39448]). •Valid as Oreochromis macrochir (Boulenger 1912) -- (Trewavas 1981:42 [ref. 39520], Trewavas 1982:12 [ref. 39521], Trewavas & Teugels 1991:320 [ref. 20954], Skelton 1993:331 [ref. 24071], Schwanck 1994:267 [ref. 22313], Fricke 1999:362 [ref. 24106], Fuller et al. 1999:438 [ref. 25838], Hay et al. 1999:42 [ref. 40428], Skelton 2001:331 [ref. 27406], Seegers et al. 2003:44 [ref. 28087], Mundy 2005:421 [ref. 28379], Fricke et al. 2009:76 [ref. 30213], Marshall 2011:252 [ref. 31755], Kramer et al. 2016:unnumbered p. [ref. 34331], Fricke et al. 2018:251 [ref. 35805], Bruton et al. 2018:90 [ref. 36373], Skelton 2019:236 [ref. 36564], Kisekelwa et al. 2020:[11] 710 [ref. 38315], Ntokoane et al. 2024:[10] 324 [ref. 42593]). Current status: Valid as Oreochromis macrochir (Boulenger 1912). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Distribution: Central and southern Africa. IUCN (2007): Vulnerable. Introduced in Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), Gabon, Madagascar and Réunion. Habitat: freshwater.

intermedia, Tilapia Gilchrist [J. D. F.] & Thompson [W. W.] 1917:482 [Annals of the South African Museum v. 11 (pt 6); ref. 15119] Sawmills, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Syntypes: SAM 10860 [now at AMG] (2). •Synonym of Oreochromis macrochir (Boulenger 1912) -- (Trewavas & Teugels 1991:322 [ref. 20954]). Current status: Synonym of Oreochromis macrochir (Boulenger 1912). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater.

sheshekensis, Tilapia Gilchrist [J. D. F.] & Thompson [W. W.] 1917:489 [Annals of the South African Museum v. 11 (pt 6); ref. 15119] Shesheke, Zimbabwe [s. Rhodesia], southern Africa. Holotype (unique): SAM 14834 [now at AMG]. •Synonym of Oreochromis macrochir (Boulenger 1912) -- (Trewavas & Teugels 1991:322 [ref. 20954]). Current status: Synonym of Oreochromis macrochir (Boulenger 1912). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater.

alleni, Tilapia Fowler [H. W.] 1931:238, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 83; ref. 1409] Botletle River at Maun, Bechuanaland [Botswana]. Holotype (unique): ANSP 53193. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:56 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Oreochromis macrochir (Boulenger 1912) -- (Trewavas & Teugels 1991:321 [ref. 20954]). Current status: Synonym of Oreochromis macrochir (Boulenger 1912). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater.

sparmanni, Chromys Castelnau [F. L.] 1861:12 [Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe; ref. 767] Lake Ngami, Botswana, southern Africa. Holotype (unique): MNHN (not found). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:47 [ref. 20862]. Original genus should have been Chromis. •Synonym of Oreochromis macrochir (Boulenger 1912) -- (Trewavas & Teugels 1991:322 [ref. 20954]). Current status: Synonym of Oreochromis macrochir (Boulenger 1912). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater.

chapmanii, Chromys Castelnau [F. L.] 1861:15 [Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe; ref. 767] Lake Ngami, Botswana, southern Africa. Holotype (unique): MNHN (not found). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1978:45 [ref. 20862]. Original genus should have been Chromis. •Synonym of Oreochromis macrochir (Boulenger 1912) -- (Trewavas & Teugels 1991:322 [ref. 20954]). Current status: Synonym of Oreochromis macrochir (Boulenger 1912). Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae. Habitat: freshwater.


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