After Sparks & Smith, 2004, with species from Froese & Pauly, 2001- [“The Fishbase”]
<==o Tilapiini (tilapias; tilapiat) |-- †Eurotilapia Mioc. CEu. |-- Iranocichla hormuzensis Coad, 1982 |-- Oreochromis Günther, 1880; L.Mioc. R. Af., L. Mioc. SEu. |-- Sarotherodon |--o Tilapia Smith, 1840; Tert. R. Af. R. WAs. (tilapiat) | |-- †T. fossilis Pleis. Af. | |-- †T. crassipina Pleis. Af. | |-- T. baloni Trewavas & Stewart, 1975 | |-- T. bilineata Pellegrin, 1900 | |-- T. brevimanus Boulenger, 1911 | |-- T. busumana (Günther, 1903) | |-- T. cabrae Boulenger, 1899 | |-- T. guinasana Trewavas, 1936 (Otjikoto tilapia) | |-- T. jallae (Boulenger, 1896) | |-- T. mariae Boulenger, 1899 (Spotted tilapia) | |-- T. ruweti (Poll & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1965) (Okavango tilapia) | `-- T. sparrmanii Smith, 1840 (Banded tilapia) `--o Tristramella (galileanjärvenkiklidit; Sea of Galilee cichlids) |-- T. sacra (Günther, 1865) `--o T. simonis (Günther, 1864) (Simon's (St. Paul) cichlid; Pietarinkiklidi) |-- T. s. intermedia Steinitz & Ben-Tuvia, 1959 |-- T. s. magdalenae (Lortet, 1883) `-- T. s. simonis (Günther, 1864)
Reference(s):
- Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds), 2001: FishBase.
–iNet: www.fishbase.org - Sparks, J. S. & Smith, W. L., 2004: Phylogeny and biogeography of cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae).
–Cladistics: Vol. 20, pp. 501-517