La tilapia del Nilo, Oreochromis niloticus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nomi comuni esteri - Francese - Tilapia du Nil. Inglese - Nile tilapia, Baringo tilapia, Edward tilapia, Mango fish. Spagnolo - Mojarra, Tilapia del Nilo, Tilapia nilótica. Portoghese - Tilápia-do-Nilo. Tedesco - Nilbuntbarsch, Nil-Maulbrüter, Tilapie. Danese - Nil-mundruger, Nilcichlide. Svedese - Munruvare. Finnico - Niilintilapia. Polacco -  Tilapia nilowa. Ebraico - Amnun. Giapponese - Chikadai. Filippine - Pla pla, Tilapiya. Viet Nam - Cá Rô phi. Tailandia - Pla nil. Cambogia - Trey tilapia chhnoht. Laos - Nin. Arabo - Bulti. Nigeria - Bugu, Epia, Falga, Garagaza, Gargaza, Ifunu, Karfasa, Karwa, Mpupa, Tome, Tsokungi, Ukuobu. Chad - Biering-pill, Peng-pill, Sale. Sudan - Kpakaru. Etiopia - Koroso, Qoroosoo. Kenya -  Ngege, Nyamami. Ghana - Akpafiatsi, Didee, Gbolonu, Logokpa, Logokpa. Burkina Faso - Tegr-pere. Senegal - Wass. Gabon -Ekouni. Uganda - Nupe. Tanzania - Perege, Sato.

Perca nilotica Linnaeus 1758. Systema Naturae, Ed. X. (Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.) Holmiae. Systema Nat. ed. 10 i-ii + 1-824; v. 1 290. Status: nomenclatura originaria, non valida. Opinioni: nomenclatura valida come "Tilapia nilotica" (Linnaeus 1758), per Uyeno & Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:190, Ye in Pan et al. 1991:416, Boschung 1992:150; nomenclatura valida come "Oreochromis niloticus" (Linnaeus 1758), [talvolta con sottospecie] secondo Ortega & Vari 1986:20, Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:538, Paugy & Bénech 1989:304, Coad 1991:21, Trewavas & Teugels 1991:330, Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:760, Kottelat et al. 1993:123, Skelton 1993:330, Poll & Gosse 1995:284, Coad 1995:28, Mekkawy 1995:1, Zhu 1995:172, 206, Rainboth 1996:192, Coad 1996:86, Lee & Kim 1996:25, Cheng & Zhou 1997:309, Keith et al. 1999:102, Rema Devi & Raghunathan 1999:173, Albertson et al. 1999:5108, Fuller et al. 1999:441, Dankwa et al. 1999:48, Nakabo 2000:916, Rafique 2000:327, Carpenter 2001:3336, Kottelat 2001:152, Sakai et al. 2001:102, Wang et al. 2001:241, Skelton 2001:330, De Vos et al. 2001:130, 132, Kim & Park 2002:342, Moyle 2002:422, Nakabo 2002:91, Roe et al. 2002:903, Youn 2002:362, 630, Carpenter 2003:1693, Rafique et al. 2003:98, Mirza 2003:24, López et al. 2003:78, Hanel 2003:65, Nelson et al. 2004:153, Seegers et al. 2003:44, Menni 2004:88, Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:209. Catalogo: Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:254. Località tipo: fiume Nilo. Tipo: NRM LP 10.

Oreochromis niloticus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758). Systema Nat. ed. 10 v. 1 290. Status: nuova nomenclatura, valida.

Oreochromis nilotica (Linnaeus, 1758). Systema Nat. ed. 10 v. 1 290. Status: nuova nomenclatura, non valida.

Oreochromis nilotics (Linnaeus, 1758). Systema Nat. ed. 10 v. 1 290. Status: errore di scrittura, nomenclatura non valida.

Tilapia nilotica (Linnaeus, 1758). Systema Nat. ed. 10 v. 1 290. Status: nuova nomenclatura, non valida.

Chromis nilotica (Linnaeus, 1758). Systema Nat. ed. 10 v. 1 290. Status: nuova nomenclatura, non valida.

Tilapia nilotica nilotica (Linnaeus, 1758). Systema Nat. ed. 10 v. 1 290. Status: nuova nomenclatura, non valida.

Sarotherodon niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758). Systema Nat. ed. 10 v. 1 290. Status: nuova nomenclatura, non valida.

Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758). Systema Nat. ed. 10 v. 1 290. Status: nuova nomenclatura, non valida.

Chromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758). Systema Nat. ed. 10 v. 1 290. Status: nuova nomenclatura, non valida.

Oreochromis niloticus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758). Systema Nat. ed. 10 v. 1 290. Status: nuova nomenclatura, non valida.

Tilapia nilotious (Linnaeus, 1758). Systema Nat. ed. 10 v. 1 290. Status: nuova nomenclatura, non valida.

Chromis guentheri Steindachner 1864. Ichthyologische Mittheilungen. (VII.) [With subtitles I-VIII]. Verh. K.-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 223-232; v. 14 228 Pl. 8 (figs. 3-4). Status: nomenclatura soggetta a discussione, non valida. Opinioni: sinonimo di "Oreochromis niloticus" (Linnaeus 1758), per Trewavas & Teugels 1991:331. Località tipo: Africa occidentale. Tipo: nessuno. Sintipi: (molti) NMW 32598 (?).

Tilapia calciati Gianferrari 1924. Pesci raccolti in Eritrea dalla spedizione Corni - Calciati - Bracciani. Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Milano 239-244; v. 63 242 Fig. Status: sinonimo junior, nomenclatura non valida. Opinioni: sinonimo di "Oreochromis niloticus" (Linnaeus 1758), per Trewavas & Teugels 1991:331. Località tipo: fiume Setit [Tekeze], Eritrea, Etiopia. Tipo: MSNM 59 [ex MSNM 4312].

Sottospecie - Oreochromis niloticus baringoensis Trewavas, 1983. Oreochromis niloticus cancellatus (Nichols, 1923). Oreochromis niloticus eduardianus (Boulenger, 1912). Oreochromis niloticus filoa Trewavas, 1983. Oreochromis niloticus sugutae Trewavas, 1983. Oreochromis niloticus tana Seyoum & Kornfield, 1992. Oreochromis niloticus vulcani (Trewavas, 1933).

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