Tilapia Smith [A.] 1840:Pl. 5 Fem. Tilapia sparrmanii Smith 1840. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Tilapia Smith 1840 -- (Thys van den Audenaerde 1964 [ref. 3666], Thys van den Audenaerde 1966 [ref. 9079], Trewavas 1982:12 [ref. 39521], Uyeno & Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:190 [ref. 6441], Poll 1986:28 [ref. 6136], Krupp & Schneider 1989:399 [ref. 13651], Lévêque et al. 1989:122 [ref. 26480], Paugy & Bénech 1989:304 [ref. 26478], Paugy et al. 1990:343 [ref. 26477], Ye in Pan et al. 1991:414 [ref. 23876], Stiassny et al. 1992:311 [ref. 20001], Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. 1992:742 [ref. 21590], Poll & Gosse 1995:227, 251, 257, 289 [ref. 24781], Seegers 1996:282 [ref. 23725], Farias et al. 1998:502 [ref. 23856], Dankwa et al. 1999:47 [ref. 28023], Carpenter 2001:3334 [ref. 26131], Carpenter 2003:1691 [ref. 27092], Takahashi 2003:379 [ref. 27540], Snoeks & Hanssens 2004:307 [ref. 28117], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:211 [ref. 28183], Allen et al. 2006:1438 [ref. 29081], Stiassny et al. 2007:353 [ref. 30045], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:540 [ref. 29996], Scharpf 2009:10 [ref. 30400], Minckley & Marsh 2009:269 [ref. 31114], Coad 2010:267 [ref. 36620], Dunz & Schliewen 2010:255 [ref. 31064], Marshall 2011:235 [ref. 31755], Dunz & Schliewen 2012:17 [ref. 31983], Dunz & Schliewen 2013:74 [ref. 32672], Kottelat 2013:375 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Tilapia Smith 1840. Cichlidae: Pseudocrenilabrinae.