Sarotherodon

Taxobox
name = "Sarotherodon"


image_caption= Female "Sarotherodon galilaeus galilaeus"
image_width = 220px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Cichlidae
subfamilia = Pseudocrenilabrinae
tribus = Tilapiini
genus = "Sarotherodon"
genus_authority = Rüppell, 1852
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =About 10 (but see text)

"Sarotherodon" is a genus of tilapiine cichlids, fishes endemic to Africa and Israel. They inhabit fresh, brackish, and salt water. Members of this genus, as well as those of the genera "Tilapia" and "Oreochromis", share the common name "tilapia".

The genus currently contains 10 species. Based on mtDNA sequence analysis, there seem to be several clades, and a few species of the much larger genus "Oreochromis" (such as "Oreochromis urolepis" and the Blue tilapia "O. aureus") seem closer to "Sarotherodon" according to the mtDNA data (see discussion at Wami tilapia). Research is hampered by the fact that hybridization runs rampant in these fishes, which confounds mtDNA data, and that the fast speed of evolution makes choice of appropriate nuclear DNA sequences difficult.(Nagl "et al." 2001)

pecies

* Fissi, "Sarotherodon caroli" (Holly, 1930)
*"Sarotherodon caudomarginatus" (Boulenger, 1916)
*"Sarotherodon galilaeus" (Linnaeus, 1758)
**"Sarotherodon galilaeus borkuanus" (Pellegrin, 1919)
**"Sarotherodon galilaeus boulengeri" (Pellegrin, 1903)
** Mango tilapia, "Sarotherodon galilaeus galilaeus" (Linnaeus, 1758)
**"Sarotherodon galilaeus multifasciatus" (Günther, 1903)
**"Sarotherodon galilaeus sanagaensis" (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1966)
* Blackfin tilapia, "Sarotherodon linnellii" (Lönnberg, 1903)
* Keppi, "Sarotherodon lohbergeri" (Holly, 1930)
*"Sarotherodon melanotheron melanotheron" Rüppell, 1852 (type species)
** Mango fish, "Sarotherodon melanotheron heudelotii" (Duméril, 1861)
**"Sarotherodon melanotheron leonensis" (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1971)
** Blackchin tilapia, "Sarotherodon melanotheron melanotheron" Rüppell, 1852
**"Sarotherodon melanotheron nigripinnis" (Guichenot, 1861)
**"Sarotherodon melanotheron paludinosus" Trewavas, 1983
*"Sarotherodon mvogoi" (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1965)
*"Sarotherodon occidentalis" (Daget, 1962)
* Kululu, "Sarotherodon steinbachi" (Trewavas, 1962)
*"Sarotherodon tournieri" (Daget, 1965)
**"Sarotherodon tournieri liberiensis" (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1971)
**"Sarotherodon tournieri tournieri" (Daget, 1965)

References

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* (2001): Classification and Phylogenetic Relationships of African Tilapiine Fishes Inferred from Mitochondrial DNA Sequences. "Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution" 20(3): 361–374. doi|10.1006/mpev.2001.0979