Sarotherodon galilaeus

engelskDiagnosis: 20-27 rakers on lower limb of first arch; length of lower pharyngeal jaw < 43.5% of head length; 29-32 scales in lateral line series; toothed area of lower pharyngeal jaw broad > 2-3 times in keel length (Ref. 81260). Upper profile of snout straight or slightly arched (Ref. 53405). Head length 32.5-39.0% SL (Ref. 53405, 81260). 27-30 total dorsal-fin rays (average 28-29); body depth 43.0-56.5% SL (usually over 45%); length of pectoral fins 36.0-50.0% SL; interorbital space 36.0-44.0% HL (Ref. 53405). Caudal fin naked except at base; melanin patches only in occasional individuals, not populations; reproductive individuals greyish dorsally, silvery ventrally; margin of dorsal and caudal fins pinkish; pectoral usually extending to above vent or spinous anal fin; males with longer soft dorsal and anal fin-rays (Ref. 2). Description: 4-8 rows of teeth in oral jaws (Ref. 81260), outer row teeth bicuspid (Ref. 53405, 81260), inner jaw teeth tricuspid, posterior teeth on pharyngeal jaw bicuspid (Ref. 53405). Pharyngeal teeth numerous and very small (Ref. 53408, 81260). Ventral keel elongate, longer than dentigerous plate (Ref. 81260). Micro-gillrakers present; scales cycloid (Ref. 53405). Coloration: in life: Adults: sides and fins light silvery-grey; belly white (Ref. 53405, 81260). Young individuals: silvery, with some narrow black cross bars on sides; fins greyish, upper margin of dorsal fin rosy red-edged (Ref. 53405, 81260).

• Tilapia borkuana Pellegrin, 1919
• Tilapia galilaea galilaea (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Tilapia pleuromelas Duméril, 1861
• Sarotherodon galilaeus borkuanus (Pellegrin, 1919)
• Sarotherodon multifasciatus (Günther, 1903)
• Tilapia galilaea borkuana Pellegrin, 1919
• Sarotherodon galilaeus galilaeus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Sarotherodon galilaeus sanagaensis (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1966)
• Tilapia galilaea (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Tilapia galilaea multifasciata (Günther, 1903)
• Tilapia macrocentra Duméril, 1861
• Sparus galilaeus Linnaeus, 1758
• Tilapia galilaea boulengeri Pellegrin, 1903
• Tilapia multifasciatus (Günther, 1903)
• Sarotherodon galileus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Tilapia microstoma (Lortet, 1883)
• Sarotherodon galilaeus boulengeri (Pellegrin, 1903)
• Chromis pleuromelas (Duméril, 1861)
• Chromis multifasciatus Günther, 1903
• Tilapia galilaea pleuromelas Duméril, 1861
• Chromis lateralis (Duméril, 1861)
• Tilapia boulengeri Pellegrin, 1903
• Sarotherodon sanagaensis (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1966)
• Sarotherodon galilaeus multifasciatus (Günther, 1903)
• Tilapia lateralis Duméril, 1861
• Chromis tiberiadis Lortet, 1883
• Tilapia sanagaensis Thys van den Audenaerde, 1966
• Chromis galilaeus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Chromis microstomus Lortet, 1883
• Sarotherodon galilaeum (Linnaeus, 1758)