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Tilapiini (tilapiine)

Actinopteri - Cichliformes - Cichlidae

Taxonomy
Tilapiini was named by Carnevale et al. (2003). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cichlidae by Carnevale et al. (2003).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Tilapiini Carnevale et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Osteoglossocephalai
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
RankNameAuthor
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
Euacanthomorphacea
Percomorphaceae
Carangimorpharia
Ovalentariae
superorderCichlomorphae
orderCichliformes
familyCichlidaeHeckel 1840
tribeTilapiini
tribeTilapiini

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tr. Tilapiini Carnevale et al. 2003 [tilapiine]
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G. Oreochromis Carnevale et al. 2003
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:35:37
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:35:37
Source: f = family, o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 23.03000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Italy (Emilia-Romagna) Oreochromis lorenzoi (134071)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya Tilapiini indet. (22240)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Kenya Tilapiini indet. (22239)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Tilapiini indet. (22068)