| Accepted scientific name: |
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Oreochromis placidus (Trewavas, 1941) (accepted name) |
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| Synonyms: |
| Chromis niloticus (non Linnaeus, 1758) (misapplied name) |
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| Oreochromis placidus placidus (Trewavas, 1941) (synonym) |
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| Oreochromis placidus rovumae (Trewavas, 1966) (synonym) |
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| Oreochromis placidus ruvumae (Trewavas, 1966) (synonym) |
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| Oreochromis shirana (non Boulenger, 1896) (misapplied name) |
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| Sarotherodon placidus (Trewavas, 1941) (synonym) |
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| Sarotherodon ruvumae (Trewavas, 1966) (synonym) |
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| Tilapia nigra (non Günther, 1894) (misapplied name) |
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| Tilapia placida Trewavas, 1941 (synonym) |
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| Tilapia ruvumae Trewavas, 1966 (synonym) |
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| Common names: |
| Common name |
Transliteration |
Language |
Country |
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| Black tilapia |
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English |
USA |
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| Black tilapia |
- |
English |
Zimbabwe |
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| Mustatilapia |
- |
Finnish |
Finland |
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| 柔口孵非鯽 |
Rou kou fu fei ji |
Mandarin Chinese |
China |
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| 柔口孵非鲫 |
Rou kou fu fei ji |
Mandarin Chinese |
China |
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| 魯沃口孵非鯽 |
Lu wo kou fu fei ji |
Mandarin Chinese |
China |
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| 鲁沃口孵非鲫 |
Lu wo kou fu fei ji |
Mandarin Chinese |
China |
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| Mphende |
- |
Nyanja |
Malawi(Lower Shire River Valley) |
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| Nkobue |
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Sena |
Mozambique |
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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 |
Oreochromis
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FishBase |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2f8810b-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Distribution: |
Africa: Lower Zambezi and southwards in the lower parts of the Sabi, Lundi, Pungwe and Buzi Rivers; Ruvuma River on the Tanzanian-Mozambique border; Lake Rutumba, Lupululu system, and the Lupuledi west of Lindi. Previously, two subspecies were recognized: Oreochromis placidus placidus and Oreohromis placidus ruvumae. |
| Lifezones: |
Brackish,freshwater |
| Additional data: |
-
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| Latest taxonomic scrutiny: |
Group expert : Kullander, S., 19-May-2014 |
| 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=2029
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| CoL taxon LSID: |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:269853de-c365-11e4-869f-239583ce8323:col20150401 |
