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Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852)

Mozambique tilapia
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Eswatini (Swaziland) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: FAO, 1997
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Currently recorded from all river systems in Swaziland; not common in the highveld (Ref. 88). Also Ref. 13406, 13493, 51731.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/wz.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Pullin, R.S.V. (ed.), 1988
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | Catalog of Fishes(Släkte, Arter) | 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 Ekologi


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