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Oreochromis  Günther, 1889
Taxonomic Serial No.: 170014

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Alcolapia Thys van den Audenaerde, 1969
  
  Common Name(s): blue tilapias [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons ŕ nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPerciformes  – perch-like fishes  
                               SuborderLabroidei  – parrotfishes, rainbowfishes, wrasses, labres, poissons-perroquets  
                                  FamilyCichlidae  – cichlids, cichlidés, tilapias y mojarras de agua dulce  
                                     GenusOreochromis Günther, 1889 – blue tilapias  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Species Oreochromis alcalica (Hilgendorf, 1905)  
                                        Species Oreochromis amphimelas (Hilgendorf, 1905)  
                                        Species Oreochromis andersonii (Castelnau, 1861)  
                                        Species Oreochromis angolensis (Trewavas, 1973)  
                                        Species Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864) – tilapia azul, blue tilapia 
                                        Species Oreochromis chungruruensis (Ahl, 1924)  
                                        Species Oreochromis esculentus (Graham, 1928)  
                                        Species Oreochromis grahami (Boulenger, 1912)  
                                        Species Oreochromis ismailiaensis Mekkawy, 1995  
                                        Species Oreochromis jipe (Lowe, 1955)  
                                        Species Oreochromis karomo (Poll, 1948)  
                                        Species Oreochromis karongae (Trewavas, 1941)  
                                        Species Oreochromis korogwe (Lowe, 1955)  
                                        Species Oreochromis latilabris Seegers and Tichy, 1999  
                                        Species Oreochromis lepidurus (Boulenger, 1899)  
                                        Species Oreochromis leucostictus (Trewavas, 1933)  
                                        Species Oreochromis lidole (Trewavas, 1941)  
                                        Species Oreochromis macrochir (Boulenger, 1912) – greenheaded bream, longfin tilapia 
                                        Species Oreochromis malagarasi Trewavas, 1983  
                                        Species Oreochromis mortimeri (Trewavas, 1966)  
                                        Species Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852) – Mozambique mouth-breeder, Mozambique mouthbrooder, Mozambique tilapia, tilapia mosambica 
                                        Species Oreochromis mweruensis Trewavas, 1983  
                                        Species Oreochromis ndalalani Seegers and Tichy, 1999  
                                        Species Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Nile mouthbreeder, tilapia del Nilo, Nile tilapia 
                                        Species Oreochromis pangani (Lowe, 1955)  
                                        Species Oreochromis placidus (Trewavas, 1941)  
                                        Species Oreochromis rukwaensis (Hilgendorf and Pappenheim, 1903)  
                                        Species Oreochromis saka (Lowe, 1953)  
                                        Species Oreochromis salinicola (Poll, 1948)  
                                        Species Oreochromis schwebischi (Sauvage, 1884)  
                                        Species Oreochromis shiranus Boulenger, 1897  
                                        Species Oreochromis spilurus (Günther, 1894)  
                                        Species Oreochromis squamipinnis (Günther, 1864)  
                                        Species Oreochromis tanganicae (Günther, 1894)  
                                        Species Oreochromis upembae (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1964)  
                                        Species Oreochromis urolepis (Norman, 1922) – Wami tilapia 
                                        Species Oreochromis variabilis (Boulenger, 1906)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Wayne C. Starnes  
  Notes: Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA   
  Reference for: Oreochromis    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Oreochromis   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Oreochromis   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
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  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Oreochromis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N.  
  Publication Date: 1990   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Genera of Recent Fishes   
  Page(s): iii + 697   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, CA, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-23-8   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Oreochromis   
       

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