Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864)

Esmaeili, Hamid Reza & Hamidan, Neshat, 2023, Inland fishes of the Arabian Peninsula: Review and a revised checklist, Zootaxa 5330 (2), pp. 201-226 : 216

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.2.2

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AA61E68D-3A1B-45BD-821F-E6AD862F6808

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8253151

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EC87BD-FFB0-0A2E-80F4-FBE3FD34FA22

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Plazi

scientific name

Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864)
status

 

37. Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864) View in CoL View at ENA ―Blue Tilapia― Exotic

Taxonomy. Original description: Chromis aureus Steindachner, 1864:229 , Pl. 8 (fig. 5) [ West Africa; Lectotype: NMW 32874 ]. Synonyms: Tilapia aurea (Steindachner 1864) View in CoL ; Tilapia nilotica exul Steinitz, 1951 View in CoL ; Tilapia lemassoni Blache & Miton, 1960 View in CoL ; Tilapia monodi Daget, 1954 View in CoL .

Status in the Arabian Peninsula. First record from Saudi Arabia by Al-Kahem-Al-Balawi et al. (2008); confirmed by Freyhof et al. (2020).

General distribution. Middle East and Africa. Introduced widely elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula. Saudi Arabia: Wadis Haneefah and Al-Kharj, Lake Layla, Al-Ahsa Oasis, and probably several other Wadis.

Economic importance. Locally commercially important.

Reasons of introduction. Aquaculture/research.

Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Order

Perciformes

Family

Cichlidae

SubFamily

Pseudocrenilabrinae

Genus

Oreochromis

Loc

Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864)

Esmaeili, Hamid Reza & Hamidan, Neshat 2023
2023
Loc

Tilapia lemassoni

Blache & Miton 1960
1960
Loc

Tilapia monodi

Daget 1954
1954
Loc

Tilapia nilotica exul

Steinitz 1951
1951
Loc

Chromis aureus

Steindachner 1864: 229
1864
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