Sarotherodon
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Sarotherodon is a large genus of tilapiine cichlid fishes endemic to Africa inhabiting fresh, brackish, and salt water. The genus currently contains 19 species and subspecies. Members of this genus, as well as those of the genera Tilapia and Oreochromis, share the common name "tilapia". The type species of this genus is Sarotherodon melanotheron, an estuarine species from West Africa.
[edit] Species
- Sarotherodon caroli (Holly, 1930) Fissi
- Sarotherodon caudomarginatus (Boulenger, 1916)
- Sarotherodon galilaeus borkuanus (Pellegrin, 1919)
- Sarotherodon galilaeus boulengeri (Pellegrin, 1903)
- Sarotherodon galilaeus galilaeus (Linnaeus, 1758) Mango tilapia
- Sarotherodon galilaeus multifasciatus (Günther, 1903)
- Sarotherodon galilaeus sanagaensis (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1966)
- Sarotherodon linnellii (Lönnberg, 1903) Blackfin tilapia
- Sarotherodon lohbergeri (Holly, 1930) Keppi
- Sarotherodon melanotheron heudelotii (Duméril, 1861) Mango fish
- Sarotherodon melanotheron leonensis (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1971)
- Sarotherodon melanotheron melanotheron Rüppell, 1852 Blackchin tilapia
- Sarotherodon melanotheron nigripinnis (Guichenot, 1861)
- Sarotherodon melanotheron paludinosus Trewavas, 1983
- Sarotherodon mvogoi (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1965)
- Sarotherodon occidentalis (Daget, 1962)
- Sarotherodon steinbachi (Trewavas, 1962) Kululu
- Sarotherodon tournieri liberiensis (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1971)
- Sarotherodon tournieri tournieri (Daget, 1965)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- "Sarotherodon". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. October 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
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