Sarotherodon galilaeus

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