Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- order
- Perciformes
- family
- Cichlidae
- genus
- Oreochromis
- species
- Oreochromis niloticus
Name
- Synonyms
- Chromis guentheri Steindachner, 1864
- Chromis nilotica (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Oreochromis cancellatus cancellatus
- Oreochromis cancellatus filoa Trewavas, 1983
- Oreochromis nilotica filoa Trewavas, 1983
- Oreochromis nilotics (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Oreochromis niloticus baringoensis Trewavas, 1983
- Oreochromis niloticus cancellatus (Nichols, 1923)
- Oreochromis niloticus eduardianus (Boulenger, 1912)
- Oreochromis niloticus edwardianus (Boulenger, 1912)
- Oreochromis niloticus filoa Trewavas, 1983
- Oreochromis niloticus lancellatus (Nichols, 1923)
- Oreochromis niloticus niloticus
- Oreochromis niloticus sugutae Trewavas, 1983
- Oreochromis niloticus tana Seyoum & Kornfield, 1992
- Oreochromis niloticus vulcani (Trewavas, 1933)
- Oreochromis vulcani (Trewavas, 1933)
- Perca nilotica Linnaeus, 1758
- Sarotherodon niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Tilapia calciati Gianferrari, 1924
- Homonyms
- Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Oreochromis niloticus (Greenwood, 1960)
- Common names
- Akpafiatsi in Ewe
- Amnun yeor in Hebrew
- Baringo tilapia in English
- Baringo tilapia in English
- Baringo-Nilbuntbarsch in German
- Biering-pill in language.
- Bugu in Hausa
- Bulti in Arabic
- Carpe in French
- Chikadai in Japanese
- Cichlid in English
- Cá Rô phi vằn in Vietnamese
- Didee in Irish
- Edward tilapia in English
- Ekouni in language.
- Epia in Yoruba
- Falga in Hausa
- Garagaza in Hausa
- Gargaza in Hausa
- Gbolonu in Ewe
- Gmnit in Tigrinya
- Ifunu in Igbo
- Igihonda in language.
- Ihere in language.
- Ingege y'inyamugera in language.
- Isake in language.
- Israil çipurası in Turkish
- Karfasa in Hausa
- Karwa in Kanuri
- Kihorno in language.
- Kiumbwi in language.
- Kokine in language.
- Koroso in Amharic
- Kpakaru in language.
- Lake Eduard-Nilbuntbarsch in German
- Logokpa in language.
- Logokpa in Ewe
- Mahere in language.
- Mahere in language.
- Mango fish in English
- Matole in language.
- Mojarra in Spanish
- Mozambique tilapia in English
- Mpupa in Igbo
- Munruvare in Swedish
- Ngege in language.
- Ngege in language.
- Ngege in language.
- Ngege in Swahili
- Ngege in Swahili
Bibliographic References
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- Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe DAISIE (2003-2016) Alien Species Database. http://www.europe-aliens.org (accessed 2016). http://www.europe-aliens.org
- Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations FAO (2016) Fisheries and Aquaculture topics. Introduction of species. Database on Introductions of Aquatic Species. In: FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department. Rome. http://www.fao.org/fishery/introsp/search/en (accessed 2016). http://www.fao.org/fishery/introsp/search/en
- Froese & Pauli (02/10/2023 10:05:35) Fishbase
- Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
- Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
- Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
- Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
- Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.