Coracinus
Cŏrăcīnus (e Graeco:  "corvinus"), seu cŏriaxus (), seu pĕltēs (), seu abramis, apud zoologos Oreochromis niloticus (syn. Tilapia nilotica), est piscis familiae Cichlidarum, a Liberia et Congo usque ad Syriam endemicus. Antiquitus bene notus erat inter pisces Niloticos, et litteris Aegyptiis signo K1 repraesentatur.

Subspecies & nomina alterna 
Multae sunt coracini varietates, e.g.
 Oreochromis niloticus baringoensis Trewavas, 1983
 Oreochromis niloticus filoa Trewavas, 1983
 Oreochromis niloticus sugutae Trewavas, 1983
 Oreochromis niloticus tana Seyoum & Kornfield, 1992
Ea fortasse de causa plurima nomina exstant. Multa quidem Graeca lingua, Athenaeus commemorat:
{{Citatio3 | ὁ δὲ ποτάμιος κορακῖνος, ὃν πέλτην τινὲς καλοῦσιν, ὁ ἀπὸ τοῦ Νείλου, ὃν οἱ κατὰ τὴν Ἀλεξάνδρειαν ἰδίως ἡμίνηρον ὀνομάζουσιν, ὑποπίμελος μέν ἐστι καὶ ἥκιστα κακόχυλος, σαρκώδης, τρόφιμος, εὔπεπτος, εὐανάδοτος, κατὰ πάντα τοῦ μύλλου κρείσσων. τὰ μέντοι τῶν ἰχθύων καὶ τῶν ταρίχων ᾠὰ πάντα δύσπεπτα, δύσφθαρτα, μᾶλλον δὲ τὰ τῶν λιπαρωτέρων καὶ μει- (10) ζόνων· σκληρότερα γὰρ μένει καὶ ἀδιαίρετα. γίνεται δὲ εὐστόμαχα μετὰ ἁλῶν σβεσθέντα καὶ ἐποπτηθέντα. πάντας δὲ χρὴ τοὺς ταρίχους πλύνειν, ἄχρι ἂν τὸ ὕδωρ ἄνοσμον καὶ γλυκὺ γένηται. | Athenaei | Dipnosophistarum 3.93 | (vertendum) }}

Nomina plurima etiam linguis vernaculis cum Aegyptiis tum Arabica inveniuntur

 Tilapia

Bibliographia
 Bardach, J. E., J. H. Ryther, et W. O. McLarney. 1972. Aquaculture: The Farming and Husbandry of Freshwater and Marine Organisms. Novi Eboraci: John Wiley & Sons.
 Dalby, Andrew. 2003. Food in the Ancient World from A to Z. Londinii. ISBN 0415232597.
 Nagl, Sandra, Herbert Tichy, Werner E. Mayer, Irene E. Samonte, Brendan J. McAndrew, et Jan Klein. 2001. Classification and Phylogenetic Relationships of African Tilapiine Fishes Inferred from Mitochondrial DNA Sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 20(3): 361–374. 
 Thompson, D'arcy Wentworth. 1928. On Egyptian Fish-Names Used by Greek Writers. JEA'' 14(1): 22—33.

Notae

Nexus externi
 
 

Cichlidae

Taxa Linnaei
Taxa 1758