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Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nile tilapia
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Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: FAO, 1996
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from Eholie, Noe, Soumié (Ref. 83625), Bia (Ref. 272, 52307), Comoé, Mé and Nipoué basins (Ref. 272) Ébrié Lagoon (Ref. 28587) and the upper Niger system (Ref. 53405). Indigenous to the upper tributaries of the Niger and Volta rivers; introduced elsewhere.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/iv.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Teugels, G.G. and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde, 2003
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > 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 Ecology

Freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; potamodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 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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