| Tilapia | |
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| Banded tilapia, Tilapia sparrmanii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Tribe: | Tilapiini |
| Genus: | Tilapia A. Smith, 1840 |
| Type species | |
| Tilapia sparrmanii A. Smith, 1840
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| Species | |
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4, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Chromis Günther, 1862 (non Cuvier, 1814: preoccupied) | |
Tilapia is a genus of cichlid fishes endemic to freshwater habitats in Southern Africa. In the past this was a very large genus including all species with the common name tilapia, but today the vast majority are placed in other genera.[1]
- ^ Dunz, A.R., and Schliewen, U.K. (2013). Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the haplotilapiine cichlid fishes formerly referred to as “Tilapia”. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, online 29 March 2013. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.03.015