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Mozambique Tilapia
Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Actinopterygii - ray-finned fishes »  order Perciformes - perch-likes »  family Cichlidae - cichlids »  genus Oreochromis

Scientific synonyms

Cromis mossambicus Peters, 1852
Chromis niloticus mossambicus Peters, 1852
Chromis mossambicus Peters, 1852
Tilapia mossambica (Peters, 1852)
Oreochromis mossambica (Peters, 1852)
Tilapia mossambica mossambica (Peters, 1852)
Sarotherodon mossambicus (Peters, 1852)
Tilapia mossambicus (Peters, 1852)
Oreochromis mortimeri mossambicus
Tilapia arnoldi Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917

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Other names

= African Mouthbrooder
= Common Tilapia
= Japanese Fish
= Java Fish
= Java Tilapia
= Kurper Bream
= Largemouth Kurper
= Mozambique Cichlid
= Mozambique Mouthbrooder
= Tilapia

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IUCN category 2024-1:
Vulnerable VU

Images

Oreochromis mossambicus - Mozambique Tilapia

Oreochromis mossambicus - Mozambique Tilapia

Oreochromis mossambicus - Mozambique Tilapia

Oreochromis mossambicus - Mozambique Tilapia

Oreochromis mossambicus - Mozambique Tilapia

Oreochromis mossambicus - Mozambique Tilapia

Oreochromis mossambicus - Mozambique Tilapia

Author: Jo Kuyken

Included taxa

Number of records: 2

subspecies Oreochromis mossambicus bassamkhalafi Khalaf, 2009 - Emirati Tilapia
subspecies Oreochromis mossambicus mossambicus (Peters, 1852)

Links and literature

CH DE EN FR IT NL PR SP FishBase [3]

Froese R., Pauly D. (eds.): FishBase [http://www.fishbase.org]
CZ AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [species/18819]

Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2009): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net] [as Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852)]
Data retrieved on: 17 January 2010
EN Global Invasive Species Database (GISD) [131]

Global Invasive Species Database (GISD) [http://www.issg.org/database]
EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [63338]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852)]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024
CZ Hanel, L., Plíštil, J., Novák, J. (2013): České názvy živočichů V. Ryby a rybovití obratlovci (Pisces). 8. Paprskoploutví (Actinopterygii) Kostnatí (Neopterygii) [Ostnoploutví (Perciformes /Elassomatoidei – Icosteidei/)], Národní muzeum (zoologické oddělení), Praha [as Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852)]
Data retrieved on: 26 September 2020
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