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Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nile tilapia
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: introduced
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: FAO, 2002
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Generate more income for the fish farmers. Probably imported as red tilapia variety. Found in freshwater reservoirs and ponds. Wild populations may be introgressed hybrids with O. aureus and O. mossambicus. May have contributed to decline of wild stocks of O. mossambicus by hybridizing with it (Ref. 52035).Also Ref. 38466, 46247, 108093.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sn.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Ng, P.K.L., L.M. Chou and T.J. Lam, 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

分类 / Names 俗名 | 同种异名 | Catalog of Fishes(属, 种) | 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);  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 生态学

; 淡水; 半咸淡水 底中水层性; 河川洄游 (Ref. 51243); 深度上下限 0 - 20 m (Ref. 32849), usually ? - 20 m (Ref. 34290).   熱帶; 14°C - 33°C (Ref. 3); 32°N - 5°S, 17°W - 38°E

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