Blackchin tilapia

Blackchin tilapia
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Sarotherodon
Species:	S. melanotheron
Binomial name
	Sarotherodon melanotheron; (Rüppell, 1852)
Synonyms
	Tilapia melanotheron (Rüppell, 1852); Tilapia heudelotii Duméril, 1861; Chromis heudelotii (Duméril, 1861); Tilapia rangii Duméril, 1861; Chromis macrocephalus Bleeker, 1862; Tilapia macrocephala (Bleeker, 1862); Chromis microcephalus Günther, 1862; Tilapia microcephala (Günther, 1862); Melanogenes macrocephalus Bleeker, 1863; Melanogenes microcephalus Bleeker, 1863; Tilapia leonensis Thys van den Audenaerde, 1971;

The blackchin tilapia (Sarotherodon melanotheron) is a species of cichlid native to coastal west Africa. It is a paternal mouthbrooder which has been introduced to Asia and North America.

In the Philippines, it is also informally called gloria or tilapiang arroyo after former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo because of its small size and mole-like dark pigmentation under its lower jaw, resembling that of the short stature and mole on the former president's left cheek.

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