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Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nile tilapia
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Cameroon country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: FAO, 1996
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Absent from Cameroon, except for the Cameroonian parts of the Chad basin, and the Benue system (Ref. 2). Also in Cross River in Lake Manengouba (Ref. 53784). Introduced elsewhere, self-reproducing and established in the wild, more specifically in the Noun marsh, Djerem River and Sanaga River, where it has already replaced native species; now the most important species used in aquaculture and used in fish stations throughout the country (Ref. 82489). Also Ref. 27690, 51193.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/cm.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Trewavas, E., 1983
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Tilapia du Nil, Tilapia del Nilo, Тилапия нильская, ... more

Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | Catalog of Fishes(Γένος, Είδη) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Oreochromis: Latin, aurum = gold + Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335);  niloticus: Cancellata = barred, referring to the dark bars on the flanks of the species (Ref. 58535).
  More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Οικολογία

; Γλυκού νερού; Υφάλμυρο βενθοπελαγικό; ποταμόδρομος (Ref. 51243); εύρος βάθους 0 - 20 m (Ref. 32849), usually ? - 20 m (Ref. 34290).   Tropical; 14°C - 33°C (Ref. 3); 32°N - 5°S, 17°W - 38°E

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