Sarotherodon

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Sarotherodon
Female Sarotherodon galilaeus galilaeus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Cichlidae Subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae Tribe: Tilapiini Genus: Sarotherodon Rüppell, 1852
Species
About 10 (but see text)

Sarotherodon is a genus of tilapiine cichlids, fishes endemic to Africa and Israel. They inhabit fresh, brackish, and salt water. Members of this genus, as well as those of the genera Tilapia and Oreochromis, share the common name "tilapia".

The genus currently contains 10 species. Based on mtDNA sequence analysis, there seem to be several clades, and a few species of the much larger genus Oreochromis (such as Oreochromis urolepis and the Blue tilapia O. aureus) seem closer to Sarotherodon according to the mtDNA data (see discussion at Wami tilapia). Research is hampered by the fact that hybridization runs rampant in these fishes, which confounds mtDNA data, and that the fast speed of evolution makes choice of appropriate nuclear DNA sequences difficult.(Nagl et al. 2001)

[edit] Species

• Fissi, Sarotherodon caroli (Holly, 1930)
• Sarotherodon caudomarginatus (Boulenger, 1916)
• Sarotherodon galilaeus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Sarotherodon galilaeus borkuanus (Pellegrin, 1919)
  • Sarotherodon galilaeus boulengeri (Pellegrin, 1903)
  • Mango tilapia, Sarotherodon galilaeus galilaeus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Sarotherodon galilaeus multifasciatus (Günther, 1903)
  • Sarotherodon galilaeus sanagaensis (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1966)
• Blackfin tilapia, Sarotherodon linnellii (Lönnberg, 1903)
• Keppi, Sarotherodon lohbergeri (Holly, 1930)
• Sarotherodon melanotheron melanotheron Rüppell, 1852 (type species)
  • Mango fish, Sarotherodon melanotheron heudelotii (Duméril, 1861)
  • Sarotherodon melanotheron leonensis (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1971)
  • Blackchin tilapia, Sarotherodon melanotheron melanotheron Rüppell, 1852
  • Sarotherodon melanotheron nigripinnis (Guichenot, 1861)
  • Sarotherodon melanotheron paludinosus Trewavas, 1983
• Sarotherodon mvogoi (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1965)
• Sarotherodon occidentalis (Daget, 1962)
• Kululu, Sarotherodon steinbachi (Trewavas, 1962)
• Sarotherodon tournieri (Daget, 1965)
  • Sarotherodon tournieri liberiensis (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1971)
  • Sarotherodon tournieri tournieri (Daget, 1965)

[edit] References

• "Sarotherodon". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. October 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
• Nagl, Sandra; Tichy, Herbert; Mayer, Werner E.; Samonte, Irene E.; McAndrew, Brendan J. & Klein, Jan (2001): Classification and Phylogenetic Relationships of African Tilapiine Fishes Inferred from Mitochondrial DNA Sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 20(3): 361–374. doi:10.1006/mpev.2001.0979