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ERMS taxon details

Tilapia Smith, 1840

AphiaID

271096 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271096)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Pseudocrenilabrinae Fowler, 1934

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Species Tilapia zillii (Gervais, 1848) accepted as Coptodon zillii (Gervais, 1848)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Smith, A. (1838-1847). Pisces. In: Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa in 1834-36. v. 4: 77 unnumb. pp, accompanying Pls. 1-31. [Published in parts; see Barnard 1950 for dates of individual parts; fishes from 1838-1847.]. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Tilapia Smith, 1840. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271096 on 2025-04-05

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Tilapia Smith, 1840. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271096 on 2025-04-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-15 10:18:16Z

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Bailly, Nicolas

2013-02-26 10:10:34Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

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Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Smith, A. (1838-1847). Pisces. In: Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa in 1834-36. v. 4: 77 unnumb. pp, accompanying Pls. 1-31. [Published in parts; see Barnard 1950 for dates of individual parts; fishes from 1838-1847.]. [details]

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]