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Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852)

Mozambique tilapia
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Papua New Guinea country information

Common names: Tilapia
Occurrence: introduced
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref: Nelson, S.G. and L.G. Eldredge, 1991
Importance: highly commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Well established in freshwater habitats (Ref. 5198). Occurs throughout Madang Province (Ref. 26752). Known from the Laloki River system (Ref. 47015). Abundant in the lower Ramu and middle and lower Sepik rivers. Has become the most important food fish in the Sepik region. Also Ref. 2, 1739, 50786.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/pp.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.spc.org.nc/coastfish/Countries/PNG/png.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Allen, G.R., 1991
National Database:

Common names from other countries

分类 / Names 俗名 | 同种异名 | Catalog of Fishes(, ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei > Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) 鱸形目 (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) 麗魚科 (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Oreochromis: Latin, aurum = gold + Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335);  mossambicus: From the Greek words oreos=of the mountains and chroma=color; mossambica describes the geographic area, Mozambique, to which the species is native (Ref. 79012).
  More on author: Peters.

Issue
Oreochromis mossambicus bassamkhalafi is placed only under the genus Oreochromis in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. May 2011: Ref. 86870). It is treated here questionably a synonym of Oreochromis mossambicus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range 生态学

; 淡水; 半咸淡水 底中水层性; 非产卵性溯降河的 (Ref. 51243); 深度上下限 1 - 12 m (Ref. 57895).   熱帶; 17°C - 35°C (Ref. 3); 11°S - 31°S, 19°E - 41°E

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