NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Cichlidae
  Suborder - Labroidei
  Order - Perciformes
  Superorder - Acanthopterygii
  Class - Teleostei
  Superclass - Actinopterygii
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Tilapia mariae
      Species - Tilapia zillii
      Species - Tilapia rendalli
      Species - Tilapia jallae
      Species - Tilapia bakossiorum
      Species - Tilapia baloni
      Species - Tilapia bemini
      Species - Tilapia bilineata
      Species - Tilapia brevimanus
      Species - Tilapia busumana
      Species - Tilapia buttikoferi
      Species - Tilapia bythobates
      Species - Tilapia cabrae
      Species - Tilapia cameronensis
      Species - Tilapia camerunensis
      Species - Tilapia cessiana
      Species - Tilapia coffea
      Species - Tilapia congica
      Species - Tilapia dageti
      Species - Tilapia deckerti
      Species - Tilapia discolor
      Species - Tilapia flava
      Species - Tilapia guinasana
      Species - Tilapia gutturosa
      Species - Tilapia hunteri
      Species - Tilapia imbriferna
      Species - Tilapia ismailiaensis
      Species - Tilapia joka
      Species - Tilapia kottae
      Species - Tilapia louka
      Species - Tilapia margaritacea
      Species - Tilapia nigra
      Species - Tilapia nyongana
      Species - Tilapia rheophila
      Species - Tilapia ruweti
      Species - Tilapia snyderae
      Species - Tilapia spongotroktis
      Species - Tilapia tholloni
      Species - Tilapia thysi
      Species - Tilapia walteri
      Species - Tilapia guineensis
      Species - Tilapia sparrmanii