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Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852)

Mozambique tilapia
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Malawi country information

Common names: Mphende
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: Kapeleta, M., 2001
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Collection sites and abundance: Chikwawa (Shire River) (fairly common), Lower Mwanza River (fairly common) (Ref. 37112). Restricted to the southern part of Malawi in the areas that form part of the Zambezi drainage basin (Ref. 88). Also Ref. 7306, 26920, 48883, 51731.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mi.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://isp.msu.edu/AfricanStudies/Plea/mfri.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Pullin, R.S.V. (ed.), 1988
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Tilapia du Mozambique, Tilapia del Mozambique, Тилапия мозамбикская, ... more

Classification / Names ຊື່ສາມັນ | ຄຳສັບຄ້າຍຄືກັນ | Catalog of Fishes(ຕະກຸນ, ຊະນິດ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (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 ນິເວດວິທະຍາ


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