Sarotherodon Rìppell, 1852
Melanogenes Bleeker, 1863; (synonym)
Loruwiala ; (synonym)
Sarotherodon caroli Trewavas, Green & Corbet, 1972
Tilapia caroli Holly, 1930; (valid as)
Sarotherodon caroli Trewavas & Teugels, 1991
Sarotherodon caudomarginatus thys, 1963
Tilapia caudomarginata Boulenger, 1916; (valid as)
Sarotherodon caudomarginatus Trewavas & Teugels, 1991
Sarotherodon galilaeus
Sparus galilaeus Linnaeus, 1758; (valid as)
Tilapia lateralis Dum©ril, 1859; (synonym)
Tilapia macrocentra Dum©ril, 1859; (synonym)
Tilapia lateralis Dum©ril, 1861; (synonym)
Tilapia macrocentra Dum©ril, 1861; (synonym)
Tilapia pleuromelas Dum©ril, 1861; (synonym)
Chromis microstomus Lortet, 1883; (synonym)
Chromis tiberiadis Lortet, 1883; (synonym)
Tilapia galilaea Boulenger, 1899; (valid as)
Sarotherodon galilaeus Trewavas, 1973; (valid as)
Tilapia galilaea Goren, 1974; (valid as)
Sarotherodon galilaeus Krupp & Schneider, 1989; (valid as)
S. g. borkuanus Thys, 1968
Tilapia borkuana Pellegrin, 1919; (valid as)
Sarotherodon galilaeus borkuanus Trewavas & Teugels, 1991
S. g. boulengeri Trewavas, 1983
Tilapia boulengeri Pellegrin, 1903; (valid as)
Sarotherodon galilaeus boulengeri Trewavas & Teugels, 1991
S. g. multifasciatus Trewavas & Teugels, 1991
Chromis multifasciatus Gìnther, 1903; (valid as)
S. g. sanagaensis Trewavas, 1983
Tilapia sanagaensis Thys van den Audenaerde, 1966; (valid as)
Sarotherodon galilaeus sanagaensis Trewavas & Teugels, 1991
Sarotherodon linnellii Trewavas & Teugels, 1991
Gephyrochromis linnellii Lænnberg, 1903; (valid as)
Tilapia linnellii Lænnberg, 1903; (valid as)
Sarotherodon lohbergeri Thys, 1968
Tilapia lohbergeri Holly, 1930; (valid as)
Sarotherodon lohbergeri Trewavas & Teugels, 1991
Sarotherodon melanotheron
Tilapia rangii Dum©ril, 1861; (synonym)
Chromis macrocephalus Bleeker, 1862; (1 homonym)
Chromis macrocephalus Bleeker, 1862; (synonym)
Chromis microcephalus Gìnther (ex Bleeker), 1862; (synonym)
Melanogenes macrocephalus Bleeker, 1862; (synonym)
Melanogenes macrocephalus Bleeker, 1863; (synonym)
Melanogenes microcephalus Bleeker, 1863; (vs)
Tilapia dolloi Boulenger, 1899; (synonym)
Tilapia multifasciata var. macrostoma Pellegrin, 1941; (synonym)
Tilapia aequatorialis Roman, 1970; (synonym)
S. m. heudelotii Trewavas & Teugels, 1991
Tilapia heudelotii Dum©ril, 1861; (synonym)
S. m. leonensis Trewavas & Teugels, 1991
Sarotherodon leonensis Thys van den Audenaerde, 1971; (synonym)
Tilapia leonensis Thys van den Audenaerde, 1971; (synonym)
S. m. nigripinnis Trewavas & Teugels, 1991
Tilapia nigripinnis Guichenot, 1859; (valid as)
Tilapia nigripinnis Guichenot, 1861; (synonym)
S. m. paludinosus Trewavas & Teugels, 1991
Sarotherodon melanotheron paludinosus Trewavas, 1983; (synonym)
Sarotherodon mossambicus (Trewavas, 1983)
Oreochromis mossambicus Trewavas, 1983
Chromis mossambicus Peters, 1852; (valid as)
Tilapia mossambicus Peters, 1852; (valid as)
Chromis dumerilii Steindachner, 1864; (synonym)
Chromis vorax Pfeffer, 1893; (synonym)
Chromis natalensis Weber, 1897; (synonym)
Tilapia arnoldi Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917; (synonym)
Tilapia mossambica Lee et al., 1980; (valid as)
Oreochromis mossambicus Ortega & Vari, 1986; (valid as)
Sarotherodon mossambicus Pethiyagoda, 1991; (valid as)
Sarotherodon mvogoi Thys, 1968
Tilapia mvogoi Thys van den Audenaerde, 1965; (valid as)
Sarotherodon mvogoi Trewavas & Teugels, 1991
Sarotherodon occidentalis Thys, 1963
Tilapia occidentalis Daget, 1962; (valid as)
Sarotherodon occidentalis Trewavas & Teugels, 1991
Sarotherodon steinbachi Thys, 1968
Tilapia steinbachi Trewavas, 1962; (valid as)
Sarotherodon steinbachi Trewavas & Teugels, 1991
Sarotherodon tournieri Thys, 1968
Tilapia tournieri Daget, 1965; (valid as)
Sarotherodon tournieri Trewavas & Teugels, 1991
S. t. liberiensis Trewavas, 1983
Sarotherodon liberiensis Thys van den Audenaerde, 1971; (synonym)
Tilapia liberiensis Thys van den Audenaerde, 1971; (synonym)
Sarotherodon tournieri liberiensis Trewavas & Teugels, 1991
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Additional information sources:
The taxonomic information and the basic database has been provided by; e-mail: Igor Sheremetyev ; This is a conversion from a database dump, and there are probably many odd things as result of automatic conversion.