Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sayyadzadeh, Golnaz & Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, 2024, Freshwater lamprey and fishes of Iran: Reappraisal and updated checklist with a note on Eagderi et al. (2022), Zootaxa 5402 (1), pp. 1-99 : 83

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5402.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10524163
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scientific name	Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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268. Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL

Common name. Nile tilapia

Taxonomy. Original description: Perca niloticus Linnaeus, 1758: 290 [Nile River; holotype:? NRM LP 10 ] .

Revisions. None.

Illustrations. Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020: 256, fig. 470).

Distribution in Iran. ―Distribution in River Basin: Persis.―Distribution in Ecoregions: 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates.

Status in Iran. [Exotic].—Tilapia-e Nil.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022).—Iran material: ZM-CBSU.

Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).