Blackchin tilapia

Blackchin tilapia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Sarotherodon
Species:
S. melanotheron
Binomial name
Sarotherodon melanotheron
(Rüppell, 1852)
Synonyms[2]
  • Tilapia melanotheron (Rüppell, 1852)
  • Tilapia heudelotii Duméril, 1861
  • Chromis heudelotii (Duméril, 1861)
  • Tilapia rangii Duméril, 1861
  • Chromis macrocephalus Bleeker, 1862
  • Tilapia macrocephala (Bleeker, 1862)
  • Chromis microcephalus Günther, 1862
  • Tilapia microcephala (Günther, 1862)
  • Melanogenes macrocephalus Bleeker, 1863
  • Melanogenes microcephalus Bleeker, 1863
  • Tilapia leonensis Thys van den Audenaerde, 1971

The blackchin tilapia (Sarotherodon melanotheron), formerly Tilapia melanotheron, T. heudelotii and T. leonensis, is a species of cichlid native to coastal west Africa. It is a paternal mouthbrooder which has been introduced to Asia and North America.

In the Philippines, it is also informally called gloria or tilapiang arroyo after former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo because of its small size and mole-like dark pigmentation under its lower jaw, resembling that of the short stature and mole on the former president's left cheek.

  1. ^ Lalèyè, P. (2020). "Sarotherodon melanotheron". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T182038A58328597. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T182038A58328597.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Sarotherodon melanotheron". FishBase. October 2018 version.