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Oreochromis is a large genus of tilapiine cichlid fishes endemic to Africa. The genus currently contains 47 species and subspecies. Members of this genus, as well as those of the genera Tilapia and Sarotherodon, share the common name "tilapia".
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- Oreochromis amphimelas (Hilgendorf, 1905)
- Oreochromis andersonii (Castelnau, 1861) Three spotted tilapia
- Oreochromis angolensis (Trewavas, 1973)
- Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864) Blue tilapia
- Oreochromis chungruruensis (Ahl, 1924)
- Oreochromis esculentus (Graham, 1928) Singida tilapia
- Oreochromis hunteri Günther, 1889 Lake Chala tilapia (this is the type species)
- Oreochromis ismailiaensis Mekkawy, 1995
- Oreochromis jipe (Lowe, 1955) Jipe tilapia
- Oreochromis karomo (Poll, 1948) Karomo
- Oreochromis karongae (Trewavas, 1941)
- Oreochromis korogwe (Lowe, 1955) Korogwe tilapia
- Oreochromis lepidurus (Boulenger, 1899)
- Oreochromis leucostictus (Trewavas, 1933)
- Oreochromis lidole (Trewavas, 1941)
- Oreochromis macrochir (Boulenger, 1912) Longfin tilapia
- Oreochromis malagarasi Trewavas, 1983
- Oreochromis mortimeri (Trewavas, 1983) Kariba tilapia
- Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852) Mozambique tilapia
- Oreochromis mweruensis Trewavas, 1983
- Oreochromis niloticus baringoensis Trewavas, 1983 Baringo tilapia
- Oreochromis niloticus cancellatus (Nichols, 1923)
- Oreochromis niloticus eduardianus (Boulenger, 1912)
- Oreochromis niloticus filoa Trewavas, 1983
- Oreochromis niloticus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) Nile tilapia
- Oreochromis niloticus sugutae Trewavas, 1983
- Oreochromis niloticus tana Seyoum & Kornfield, 1992
- Oreochromis niloticus vulcani (Trewavas, 1933)
- Oreochromis pangani girigan (Lowe, 1955)
- Oreochromis pangani pangani (Lowe, 1955)
- Oreochromis placidus placidus (Trewavas, 1941) Black tilapia
- Oreochromis placidus ruvumae (Trewavas, 1966)
- Oreochromis rukwaensis (Hilgendorf & Pappenheim, 1903) Lake Rukwa tilapia
- Oreochromis saka (Lowe, 1953)
- Oreochromis salinicola (Poll, 1948)
- Oreochromis schwebischi (Sauvage, 1884)
- Oreochromis shiranus chilwae (Trewavas, 1966) Chilwa tilapia
- Oreochromis shiranus shiranus Boulenger, 1897
- Oreochromis spilurus niger Günther, 1894 Athi River tilapia
- Oreochromis spilurus percivali (Boulenger, 1912) Buffalo Springs tilapia
- Oreochromis spilurus spilurus (Günther, 1894) Sabaki tilapia
- Oreochromis squamipinnis (Günther, 1864)
- Oreochromis tanganicae (Günther, 1894)
- Oreochromis upembae (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1964)
- Oreochromis urolepis hornorum (Trewavas, 1966) Wami tilapia
- Oreochromis urolepis urolepis (Norman, 1922) Rufigi tilapia
- Oreochromis variabilis (Boulenger, 1906) Victoria tilapia
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