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| Pelmatolapia | |
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| Spotted Tilapia (P. mariae) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudocrenilabrinae |
| Tribe: | Pelmatolapiini Dunz & Schliewen, 2013 |
| Genus: | Pelmatolapia Thys van den Audenaerde, 1969 |
| Type species | |
| Tilapia mariae Boulenger, 1899
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Pelmatolapia is a genus of cichlids native to tropical Africa. This genus and Pterochromis are the only in the tribe Pelmatolapiini, but formerly they were included in Tilapiini.[1][2]
- ^ "Pseudocrenilabrinae". NCBI. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ Andreas R.Dunz & Ulrich K.Schliewen (2013). "Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the haplotilapiine cichlid fishes formerly referred to as Tilapia". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 68 (1): 64–80. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.03.015. PMID 23542002.