FB-1422 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1422 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cichliformes Cichlidae Oreochromis Oreochromis jipe (Lowe, 1955) Tilapia mozambijska Tilápia Tilápia-de-Zanzibar Redeye tilapia Redeyed tilapia Rufigi tilapia Wami tilapia Oliivitilapia Mojarra Tilapia Tilapia de Zanzibar Tilapia hornorum 尾鱗口孵非鯽 尾鳞口孵非鲫 桑給巴非鯽 桑给巴非鲫 画眉口孵非鲫 畫眉口孵非鯽 Oreochromis hornorum (Trewavas, 1966) Oreochromis urolepis hornorum (Trewavas, 1966) Oreochromis urolepis urolepis (Norman, 1922) Sarotherodon hornorum (Trewavas, 1966) Sarotherodon urolepis (Norman, 1922) Tilapia adolfi Steindachner, 1915 Tilapia honorum Trewavas, 1966 Tilapia hornorum Trewavas, 1966 Tilapia mossambica (non Peters, 1852) Tilapia nilotica (non Linnaeus, 1758) Tilapia sp. Not applicable Tilapia urolepis Norman, 1922 1990-10-17 2024-01-22 Trewavas, E.0 Tilapiine fishes of the genera <i>Sarotherodon</i>, <i>Oreochromis</i> and <i>Danakilia</i>. British Mus. Nat. Hist., London, UK. 583 p. 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(Ref. 126106) IUCN0 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-2. <https://www.iucnredlist.org/>. Downloaded 10 Jan 2023. (Ref. 126983) FB-pic-1420-13915 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 1997-03-21 2010-07-09 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1420 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Oruro_u0.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Oruro_u0.gif FB-GeneralDescr-1420 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2025-12-19 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1420 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats A maternal mouthbrooder (Ref. 118638); oviparous (Ref. 205). A large, fast-growing species heavily exploited in its native range (Ref. 118638). It was globally cultured in the past, making use of its salt tolerance and ability to produce all-male strains through hybridisation with Oreochromis niloticus and O. mossambicus (Ref. 118638). Trewavas, E. 1983 Tilapiine fishes of the genera <i>Sarotherodon</i>, <i>Oreochromis</i> and <i>Danakilia</i>. British Mus. Nat. Hist., London, UK. 583 p. (Ref. 2) FB-Distribution-1420 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. 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Binohlan 1990-10-17 00:00:00 2025-12-19 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1420 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial; aquarium: commercial Eccles, D.H. 1992 FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the freshwater fishes of Tanzania. Prepared and published with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (project URT/87/016). FAO, Rome. 145 p. (Ref. 4967) Garibaldi, L. 1996 List of animal species used in aquaculture. FAO Fish. Circ. 914. 38 p. (Ref. 12108) FB-Size-1420 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. 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