Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Cichliformes > Family Cichlidae > Subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae Tilapia Smith, 1840
Rank: GenusTaxon Status:
accepted
Literatureoriginal description | Smith, A. (1838-1847). Pisces. In: Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa in 1834-36. v. 4: 77 unnumb. pp, accompanying Pls. 1-31. [Published in parts; see Barnard 1950 for dates of individual parts; fishes from 1838-1847.]. | taxonomy source | Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025. |
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CitationFroese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Tilapia Smith, 1840. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271096ImageOccurrence
 Present Absent Doubtful Native Introduced Naturalised Invasive Managed No data |
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Environment   
not marine, not brackish, fresh, not terrestrial
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