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Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell, 1852

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Published in
Rüppell, Wilhem P. E. S. 1852. Verzeichniss der in dem Museum der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft aufgestellten Sammlungen. Vierte Abtheilung. Fische und deren Skelette. Brosch, Frankfurt-am-Main.: 1-40.
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Actinopterygii
order
Perciformes
family
Cichlidae
genus
Sarotherodon
species
Sarotherodon melanotheron

Name

Synonyms
Chromis heudelotii (Duméril, 1861)
Chromis macrocephalus Bleeker, 1862
Chromis microcephalus Günther, 1862
Melanogenes macrocephalus Bleeker, 1863
Melanogenes microcephalus Bleeker, 1863
Sarotherodon melanotheron heudelotii (Duméril, 1861)
Sarotherodon melanotheron leonensis (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1971)
Sarotherodon melanotheron melanotheron
Sarotherodon melanotheron paludinosus Trewavas, 1983
Tilapia heudeloti Duméril, 1861
Tilapia heudelotii Duméril, 1861
Tilapia heudelotii heudelotii
Tilapia heudelotii macrocephala (Bleeker, 1862)
Tilapia leonensis Thys van den Audenaerde, 1971
Tilapia macrocephala (Bleeker, 1862)
Tilapia melanotheron (Rüppell, 1852)
Tilapia microcephala (Günther, 1862)
Tilapia multifasciata macrostoma Pellegrin, 1941
Tilapia rangii Duméril, 1861
Homonyms
Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell, 1852
Common names
African blackchin tilapia in English
African blackchin tilapia in English
African sunfish in English
Akpanoe in Ewe
Blackchin mouthbrooder in English
Blackchin tilapia in English
Blackchin tilapia in English
Booss in Wolof
Cichlid in English
Didee in Irish
Ditsame in Ewe
Dzefokpa in Ewe
Epia in Yoruba
Furoo in language.
Gargaza in Hausa
Ifunu in Igbo
Imboye in language.
Kaporoc in language.
Karwa in Kanuri
Kedipa in language.
Kpro ouffou in language.
Lue in language.
Mango fish in English
Mpupa in Igbo
Mustaleukatilapia in Finnish
Obrofou in language.
Schwarzkinnmaulbrüter in German
Silvery tilapia in English
Tilapia wielkoglowa in Polish
Tome in language.
Tsokungi in language.
Ukuobu in language.
Vestafrikansk mundruger in Danish
Wass in Wolof
blackchin mouthbreeder in English
blackchin tilapia in English
塞內加爾非鯽 in language.
塞内加尔非鲫 in language.
大头非鲫 in language.
大頭非鯽 in language.
沼泽帚齿非鲫 in language.
沼澤帚齒非鯽 in language.
莱昂帚齿非鲫 in language.
萊昂帚齒非鯽 in language.
霍氏帚齒非鯽 in language.
霍氏帚齿非鲫 in language.
黑頦帚齒非鯽 in language.
黑頰非鯽(引進) in language.
黑颊罗非鱼 in language.
黑颊非鲫(引进) in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
  4. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1548 Sarotherodon melanotheron Riippell, 1852 (Osteichthyes, Perciformes): specific name conserved.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 46, 152 (1989)
  5. 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.
  6. US Geological Survey Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) Program (2017), https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/SpeciesList.aspx?group=&state=HI&Sortby=1
  7. US Geological Survey Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) Program (2017eg), https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.aspx?SpeciesID=477
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