Interesting Facts
Description
Genus Tilapia
Both a genus of cichlid fishes and a general term for several of the larger cichlid species used in aquaculture.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Perciformes
()
-
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Tilapia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 40 species and subspecies in this genus:
T. adolphifrederici (Friedrich's Kivu Haplo) · T. alcalica (Graham's Cichlid) · T. auromarginata (Haplochromis Margarette Blotch) · T. betsileana (Trondo Mainty) · T. calliptera (Guinean Tilapia) · T. esculenta (Graham's Tilapia) · T. flava (Fuelleborn's Mouthbrooder) · T. giardi (Pink Happy) · T. guinasana (Otjikoto Tilapia) · T. guineensis (Guinean Tilapia) · T. hornorum (Wami Tilapia) · T. hornorum hornorum (Wami Tilapia) · T. humilior (Happy) · T. jallae (Jipe Tilapia) · T. leucosticta (Blue Spotted Tilapia) · T. livingstonii (Leka Keppe) · T. mariae (Black Mangrove Cichlid) · T. meeki (Blackchin Mouthbrooder) · T. microlepis (Yellowbelly Cichlid) · T. mossambica korogwe (Korogwe Tilapia) · T. nigripinnis (Lake Rukwa Tilapia) · T. nilotica rukwaensis (Lake Rukwa Tilapia) · T. nubila (Blue Victoria Mouthbrooder) · T. sparrmanii (Peruvian Torpedo) · T. pectoralis (Buffalo Springs Tilapia) · T. rangii (Northern Redbreast Bream) · T. rendalli (Blue Tilapia) · T. ruweti (Okavango Tilapia (FB)) · T. saka (Tilapia) · T. sheshekensis (Sparrman's Bream) · T. shirana chilwae (Chilwa Tilapia) · T. sparrmani (Sparrman's Bream) · T. sparrmanii (Banded Bream) · T. guinasana (Sparrman's Bream) · T. sparsidens (Kululu) · T. stormsi (Wami Tilapia) · T. vulcani (Zebra Malawi Cichlid) · T. cameronensis (Redbelly Tilapia) · T. zilli (Redbelly Tilapia) · T. zillii (Cichlid)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2533680
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2412498
