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The blue tilapia (Oreochromis aureus) is a species of tilapia, a fish in the family Cichlidae. [2] Native to Northern and Western Africa, and the Middle East, through introductions it is now also established elsewhere, including parts of the United States, where it has been declared an invasive species and has caused significant environmental damage. [3]
Oreochromis leucostictus (the blue-spotted tilapia) is a species of cichlid native to Albertine Rift Valley lakes and associated rivers in DR Congo and Uganda. It has now been introduced widely elsewhere East Africa , and is believed to have negative ecological impact, particularly on native tilapias .
Tilapia (/ t ɪ ˈ l ɑː p i ə / tih-LAH-pee-ə) is the common name for nearly a hundred species of cichlid fish from the coelotilapine, coptodonine, heterotilapine, oreochromine, pelmatolapiine, and tilapiine tribes (formerly all were "Tilapiini"), with the economically most important species placed in the Coptodonini and Oreochromini. [2]
For example, blue tilapia (Oreochromis aureus) (itself commonly confused with another species often used in aquaculture, the Nile tilapia, O. niloticus), Mozambique tilapia (O. mossambicus), blackchin tilapia (Sarotherodon melanotheron), spotted tilapia (Pelmatolapia mariae), and redbelly tilapia (Coptodon zillii) have all become established in ...
Oreochromis aureus, a species of fish also known as the blue tilapia. Ornithinibacter aureus, a Gram-positive bacterium. This page was last edited on 5 ...
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Also, hybrids between certain parent combinations (such as between Mozambique and Wami tilapia) result in offspring that are all or predominantly male. Male tilapia are preferred in aquaculture as they grow faster and have a more uniform adult size than females. The "Florida Red" tilapia is a popular commercial hybrid of Mozambique and blue ...
Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864) (blue tilapia) Oreochromis chungruruensis (C. G. E. Ahl, 1924) Oreochromis esculentus (M. Graham, 1928) (Singida tilapia) O. malagarasi. Oreochromis grahami (Boulenger, 1912) (Magadi tilapia) Oreochromis hunteri Günther, 1889 (Lake Chala tilapia) Oreochromis ismailiaensis Mekkawy, 1995