Tilapia sparrmanii

Tilapia sparrmanii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cichliformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Cichlomorphae Ordo: Cichliformes

Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribus: Tilapiini
Genus: Tilapia
Species: Tilapia sparrmanii

Name

Tilapia sparrmanii Smith, 1840: unnumbered page facing Plate V & Plate V

Type locality: "small fresh-water streams to the north of the Orange River, ... from pools in the beds of temporary streamlets"

Lectotype: BMNH 1859.5.7.85 (skin in alcohol); Paralectotype (1): BMNH 1851.10.26.84 (stuffed). Lectotype designated by Seegers, 1996: 327.

Synonymy

• Tilapia sparrmani [unjustified emendation]
• Tilapia sparmanni [misspelling]
• Tilapia sparmani [misspelling]
• Tilapia sparmanii [misspelling]
• Chromys moffatii Castelnau, 1861
• Chromis ovalis Steindachner, 1866 [not the Heliastes ovalis of Steindachner, 1900, now placed in Chromis; see ICZN Opinion 1622]
• Tilapia fouloni Boulenger, 1905
• Tilapia deschauenseei Fowler, 1931

References

Primary references

• Smith, A. 1840. 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. 4: 77 unnumbered pages, accompanying Plates I–XXXI. BHL

Additional references

• Seegers, L. 1996. The fishes of the Lake Rukwa drainage. Annales de la Société Royale Zoologique de Belgique 278: 1–407.

Links

• Tilapia sparrmanii in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Tilapia sparrmanii in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Tilapia sparrmanii – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Vleikurper
English: Banded tilapia