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Oreochromis niloticus

  • 1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Lorestan University, 6815144316 Khorramabad, Iran. g. sayyadzadeh 92 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0758 - 6502
  • 2. Ichthyology and Molecular Systematics Research Laboratory, Zoology Section, Department of Biology, School of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran. hresmaeili @ shirazu. ac. ir; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9736 - 397 X * Corresponding authors & Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Lorestan University, 6815144316 Khorramabad, Iran. g. sayyadzadeh 92 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0758 - 6502

Description

268. Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common name. Nile tilapia

Taxonomy. Original description: Perca niloticus Linnaeus, 1758: 290 [Nile River; holotype:? NRM LP 10].

Revisions. None.

Illustrations. Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020: 256, fig. 470).

Distribution in Iran. ―Distribution in River Basin: Persis.―Distribution in Ecoregions: 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates.

Status in Iran. [Exotic].—Tilapia-e Nil.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022).—Iran material: ZM-CBSU.

Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).

Notes

Published as part of Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz & Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, 2024, Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022), pp. 1-99 in Zootaxa 5402 (1) on page 83, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5402.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10524097

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
NRM
Material sample ID
LP 10
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Cichlidae
Genus
Oreochromis
Species
niloticus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) sec. Sayyadzadeh & Esmaeili, 2024

References

  • Jouladeh-Roudbar, A., Ghanavi, H. R. & Doadrio, I. (2020) Ichthyofauna from Iranian freshwater: Annotated checklist, diagnosis, taxonomy, distribution and conservation assessment. Zoological Studies, 59, 21. https: // doi. org / 10.6620 / ZS. 2020.59 - 21
  • Eagderi, S., Mouludi-Saleh, A., Esmaeli, H. R., Sayyadzadeh, G. & Nasri, M. (2022) Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran; a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2022. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 46 (6), 500 - 522. https: // doi. org / 10.55730 / 1300 - 0179.3104