Tilapia (genus)
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This article is about the genus Tilapia. For species commonly referred to as "tilapia", see Tilapia.
Tilapia is a genus of cichlid fishes endemic to freshwater habitats in Southern Africa. In the past this was a very large genus including all species with the common name tilapia, but today the vast majority are placed in other genera.[1]
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Tilapia | |
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Banded tilapia, Tilapia sparrmanii | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cichliformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Tribe: | Tilapiini |
Genus: | Tilapia A. Smith, 1840 |
Type species | |
Tilapia sparrmanii A. Smith, 1840 | |
Species | |
4, see text | |
Synonyms | |
Chromis Günther, 1862 (non Cuvier, 1814: preoccupied) |
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