Help ID tilapia please

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Jack Dempsey
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I know this will be an easy one - but don't have my books handy.
I picked up a small 1 inch Tilapia. He is brown, no markings, has the "Tilapia spot" and has a reddish orange throat. That's it. What am I?
 
Rendallii and Zillii have stripes. As I said, no markings. I believe he's a synderae. We'll see how he develops. Growing slow, which is surprising.
 
Tilapia bythobates and snyderi are often confused because they look almost identical.
Bythobates gets larger, 7" in males, snyderi will stay <4"
Below is bythobates
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