Tilapia

See also: tilapia, tilápia, and tilapią

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Tswana tlhapi (“fish”).

Proper noun

Tilapia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cichlidae – the tilapia fish.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Cichliformes - order; Cichlidae - family; Pseudocrenilabrinae - subfamily; Tilapiini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Tilapia sparrmani (banded tilapia) - type species; Tilapia baloni, Tilapia brevimanus, Tilapia busumana, Tilapia guinasana (Otjikoto tilapia), Tilapia pra, Tilapia ruweti (Okavango tilapia) - other accepted species
  • Tilapia aurea (now Oreochromis aureus, blue tilapia), Tilapia galilaea (now Sarotherodon galilaeus, Galilee cichlid), Tilapia heudeloti (now Sarotherodon melanotheron, Senegal cichlid), Tilapia hornorum (now Oreochromis urolepis), Tilapia macrochir (now Oreochromis macrochir, longfin tilapia), Tilapia mariae (now Pelmatolapia mariae, spotted tilapia), Tilapia melanotheron (now Sarotherodon melanotheron, blackchin tilapia), Tilapia nilotica (now Oreochromis niloticus, Nile tilapia), Tilapia rendalli (now Coptodon rendalli, redbreast tilapia), Tilapia urolepis (now Oreochromis urolepis, Wami tilapia), Tilapia zillii (now Coptodon zillii, redbelly tilapia), Tilapia buttikoferi (now Heterotilapia buttikoferi, zebra tilapia) - selected species now in other genera

Derived terms

• Coelotilapia
• Heterotilapia

References

• tilapia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tilapia (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tilapia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Tilapia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons