WoRMS taxon details
Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell, 1852
293732 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:293732)
accepted
Species
Chromis heudelotii (Duméril, 1861) · unaccepted
Chromis macrocephalus Bleeker, 1862 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chromis microcephalus Günther, 1862 · unaccepted (synonym)
Melanogenes macrocephalus Bleeker, 1863 · unaccepted (synonym)
Melanogenes microcephalus Bleeker, 1863 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sarotherodon melanotheron heudelotii (Duméril, 1861) · unaccepted
Sarotherodon melanotheron melanotheron Rüppell, 1852 · unaccepted
Sarotherodon melanotheron paludinosus Trewavas, 1983 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tilapia heudeloti Duméril, 1861 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Tilapia heudelotii Duméril, 1861 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tilapia heudelotii heudelotii Duméril, 1861 · unaccepted
Tilapia heudelotii macrocephala (Bleeker, 1862) · unaccepted
Tilapia leonensis Thys van den Audenaerde, 1971 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tilapia macrocephala (Bleeker, 1862) · unaccepted
Tilapia melanotheron (Rüppell, 1852) · unaccepted
Tilapia microcephala (Günther, 1862) · unaccepted
Tilapia multifasciata macrostoma Pellegrin, 1941 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tilapia rangii Duméril, 1861 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Subspecies Sarotherodon melanotheron heudelotii (Duméril, 1861) accepted as Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell, 1852
- Subspecies Sarotherodon melanotheron leonensis (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1971) accepted as Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell, 1852
- Subspecies Sarotherodon melanotheron melanotheron Rüppell, 1852 accepted as Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell, 1852
- Subspecies Sarotherodon melanotheron paludinosus Trewavas, 1983 accepted as Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell, 1852 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1852). Verzeichniss der in dem Museum der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft aufgestellten Sammlungen. <em>Vierte Abtheilung: Fische und deren Skelette. Frankfurt am Main.</em> . i-iv + 1-40. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=293732 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1852). Verzeichniss der in dem Museum der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft aufgestellten Sammlungen. <em>Vierte Abtheilung: Fische und deren Skelette. Frankfurt am Main.</em> . i-iv + 1-40. [details]
original description (of Chromis macrocephalus Bleeker, 1862) Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]
original description (of Chromis microcephalus Günther, 1862) Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]
original description (of Tilapia heudelotii Duméril, 1861) Duméril, A. H. A. (1861). Poissons de la côte occidentale d'Afrique. <em>Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> v. 10 [for 1858]: 241-268, Pls. 20-23. [details]
original description (of Tilapia leonensis Thys van den Audenaerde, 1971) Thys van den Audenaerde, D. F. E. (1971). Some new data concerning the Tilapia-species of the subgenus Sarotherodon (Pisces, Cichlidae). <em>Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines.</em> 84 (3-4): 203-216. [details]
original description (of Tilapia rangii Duméril, 1861) Duméril, A. H. A. (1861). Poissons de la côte occidentale d'Afrique. <em>Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> v. 10 [for 1858]: 241-268, Pls. 20-23. [details]
original description (of Melanogenes macrocephalus Bleeker, 1863) Bleeker, P. (1863). Mémoire sur les poissons de la côte de Guinée. <em>Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem (Ser. 2).</em> v. 18 (1862): 1-136, Pls. 1-28.
page(s): 36, Pl. 6 (fig. 2) [details]
original description (of Melanogenes microcephalus Bleeker, 1863) Bleeker, P. (1863). Mémoire sur les poissons de la côte de Guinée. <em>Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem (Ser. 2).</em> v. 18 (1862): 1-136, Pls. 1-28.
page(s): 37, Pl. 6 (fig. 1) [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Chromis macrocephalus Bleeker, 1862) Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]
original description (of Chromis microcephalus Günther, 1862) Günther, A. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi and Anacanthini in the collection of the British Museum. <em>British Museum, London.</em> 4: i-xxi + 1-534., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9419277 [details]
original description (of Tilapia heudelotii Duméril, 1861) Duméril, A. H. A. (1861). Poissons de la côte occidentale d'Afrique. <em>Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> v. 10 [for 1858]: 241-268, Pls. 20-23. [details]
original description (of Tilapia leonensis Thys van den Audenaerde, 1971) Thys van den Audenaerde, D. F. E. (1971). Some new data concerning the Tilapia-species of the subgenus Sarotherodon (Pisces, Cichlidae). <em>Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines.</em> 84 (3-4): 203-216. [details]
original description (of Tilapia rangii Duméril, 1861) Duméril, A. H. A. (1861). Poissons de la côte occidentale d'Afrique. <em>Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> v. 10 [for 1858]: 241-268, Pls. 20-23. [details]
original description (of Melanogenes macrocephalus Bleeker, 1863) Bleeker, P. (1863). Mémoire sur les poissons de la côte de Guinée. <em>Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem (Ser. 2).</em> v. 18 (1862): 1-136, Pls. 1-28.
page(s): 36, Pl. 6 (fig. 2) [details]
original description (of Melanogenes microcephalus Bleeker, 1863) Bleeker, P. (1863). Mémoire sur les poissons de la côte de Guinée. <em>Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem (Ser. 2).</em> v. 18 (1862): 1-136, Pls. 1-28.
page(s): 37, Pl. 6 (fig. 1) [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | blackchin tilapia | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (102 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Chromis microcephalus Günther, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Tilapia microcephala (Günther, 1862))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Melanogenes macrocephalus Bleeker, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Melanogenes microcephalus Bleeker, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Tilapia heudeloti Duméril, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Tilapia heudelotii macrocephala (Bleeker, 1862))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Tilapia heudelotii Duméril, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Tilapia macrocephala (Bleeker, 1862))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Tilapia melanotheron (Rüppell, 1852))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Tilapia rangii Duméril, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Chromis heudelotii (Duméril, 1861))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Chromis macrocephalus Bleeker, 1862)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sarotherodon melanotheron heudelotii) (from synonym Sarotherodon melanotheron heudelotii (Duméril, 1861))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sarotherodon melanotheron)
To Fishbase (from synonym Chromis heudelotii (Duméril, 1861))
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia macrocephala (Bleeker, 1862))
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia melanotheron (Rüppell, 1852))
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia microcephala (Günther, 1862))
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia heudeloti Duméril, 1861)
To FishBase images (Sarotherodon melanotheron melanotheron, by Hippocampus-Bildarchiv) (from synonym Sarotherodon melanotheron melanotheron Rüppell, 1852)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (1849 nucleotides; 119 proteins)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Tilapia heudelotii Duméril, 1861)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Sarotherodon melanotheron heudelotii (Duméril, 1861))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell, 1852; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2536922)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Chromis microcephalus Günther, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Tilapia microcephala (Günther, 1862))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Melanogenes macrocephalus Bleeker, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Melanogenes microcephalus Bleeker, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Tilapia heudeloti Duméril, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Tilapia heudelotii macrocephala (Bleeker, 1862))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Tilapia heudelotii Duméril, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Tilapia macrocephala (Bleeker, 1862))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Tilapia melanotheron (Rüppell, 1852))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Tilapia rangii Duméril, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Chromis heudelotii (Duméril, 1861))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Chromis macrocephalus Bleeker, 1862)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sarotherodon melanotheron heudelotii) (from synonym Sarotherodon melanotheron heudelotii (Duméril, 1861))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sarotherodon melanotheron)
To Fishbase (from synonym Chromis heudelotii (Duméril, 1861))
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia macrocephala (Bleeker, 1862))
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia melanotheron (Rüppell, 1852))
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia microcephala (Günther, 1862))
To Fishbase (from synonym Tilapia heudeloti Duméril, 1861)
To FishBase images (Sarotherodon melanotheron melanotheron, by Hippocampus-Bildarchiv) (from synonym Sarotherodon melanotheron melanotheron Rüppell, 1852)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (1849 nucleotides; 119 proteins)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Tilapia heudelotii Duméril, 1861)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Sarotherodon melanotheron heudelotii (Duméril, 1861))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell, 1852; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2536922)
To ITIS
