Tilapia

See also: tilapia and tilápia

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Tswana tlhapi (“fish”).

Proper noun

Tilapia f

A taxonomic genus within the family Cichlidae – the tilapia fish.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Actinopterygii - superclass; Teleostei - class; Cichliformes - order; Cichlidae - family; Pseudocrenilabrinae - subfamily; Tilapiini - tribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Tilapia sparrmani (banded tilapia) - type species; Tilapia aurea (blue tilapia), Tilapia galilaea (Galilee cichlid), Tilapia heudeloti (Senegal cichlid), Tilapia hornorum, Tilapia macrochir (longfin tilapia), Tilapia mariae (spotted tilapia), Tilapia melanotheron (blackchin tilapia), Tilapia nilotica (Nile tilapia), Tilapia rendalli (redbreast tilapia), Tilapia urolepis (Wami tilapia), Tilapia zillii (redbelly tilapia), Tilapia buttikoferi (zebra tilapia)

References

tilapia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Tilapia (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Tilapia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Tilapia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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