| Accepted scientific name: |
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Tilapia guineensis (Günther, 1862) (accepted name) |
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| Synonyms: |
| Chromis guineensis Günther, 1862 (synonym) |
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| Chromis lata Günther, 1862 (ambiguous synonym) |
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| Chromis latus Günther, 1862 (ambiguous synonym) |
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| Chromis mossambicus (non Peters, 1852) (misapplied name) |
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| Chromis polycentra (Duméril, 1861) (ambiguous synonym) |
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| Chromis tristrami (non Günther, 1859) (misapplied name) |
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| Haligenes guineensis Bleeker, 1863 (ambiguous synonym) |
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| Haligenes guineensis Bleeker, 1863 (ambiguous synonym) |
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| Tilapia affinis Duméril, 1861 (ambiguous synonym) |
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| Tilapia guineensis (Bleeker, 1863) (ambiguous synonym) |
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| Tilapia guinensis (Günther, 1862) (synonym) |
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| Tilapia haugi (non Pellegrin, 1911) (misapplied name) |
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| Tilapia lata (Günther, 1862) (ambiguous synonym) |
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| Tilapia melanopleura (non Duméril, 1861) (misapplied name) |
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| Tilapia melanopleura camerunensis (non Lönnberg, 1903) (misapplied name) |
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| Tilapia polycentra Duméril, 1861 (ambiguous synonym) |
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| Tilapia zillii (non Gervais, 1848) (misapplied name) |
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| Tilapia zillii guineensis (Günther, 1862) (synonym) |
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| Common names: |
| Common name |
Transliteration |
Language |
Country |
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| Akpatsu |
- |
Ewe |
Ghana(Anloga) |
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| Silla |
- |
Ewe |
Ghana(Battor and Avuto (Ref. 52866)) |
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| Ekouni |
- |
Fang |
Gabon |
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| Guineantilapia |
- |
Finnish |
Finland |
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| Carpe |
- |
French |
Gabon |
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| Guineabuntbarsch |
- |
German |
Germany |
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| Gargaza |
- |
Hausa |
Nigeria |
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| Ifunu |
- |
Igbo |
Nigeria |
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| Mpupa |
- |
Igbo |
Nigeria |
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| Tome |
- |
Ijo |
Nigeria |
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| Ukuobu |
- |
Ijo |
Nigeria |
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| Karwa |
- |
Kanuri |
Nigeria |
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| 几内亚非鲫 |
Ji nei ya fei ji |
Mandarin Chinese |
China |
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| 幾內亞非鯽 |
Ji nei ya fei ji |
Mandarin Chinese |
China |
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| Tsokungi |
- |
Nupe |
Nigeria |
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| Epia |
- |
Yoruba |
Nigeria |
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| Classification: |
| Kingdom |
Animalia
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CoL |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2b7e0a3-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Phylum |
Chordata
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CoL |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2a0f2ea-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Class |
Actinopterygii
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FishBase |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2a17954-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Order |
Perciformes
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FishBase |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2a17b39-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Family |
Cichlidae
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FishBase |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2bb5542-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Genus |
Tilapia
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FishBase |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2f2a2e9-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Distribution: |
Africa: coastal basins, fresh waters, brackish and marine waters from mouth of Senegal River (Senegal) to mouth of the Cuanza River (Angola) (Ref. 81260), sometimes ascending far up rivers. |
| Lifezones: |
Brackish,freshwater,marine |
| Additional data: |
In Lévêque & Paugy 1977.
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| Latest taxonomic scrutiny: |
Group expert : Kullander, S., 02-Oct-2012 |
| Source database: |
FishBase, Jan 2015
99%
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| Bibliographic citation: |
Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. |
| Online resource: |
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=2488
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| CoL taxon LSID: |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:29d918d0-c365-11e4-869f-239583ce8323:col20150401 |
