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Tilapia ruweti (Poll, Thys, van, den & Audenaerde, 1965)

Okavango tilapia
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Angola country information

Common names: Kakeya, Liumbwe, Mbowo
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from the (upper) Zambezi (Ref. 11970, 120641) and the Kasai River drainage (middle Congo River basin)(Ref. 120641). Report from the "Cuanza (Atlantic coastal)" (Ref. 120641) probably refers to the Cuanzan drainage basin or Cuanza Ichthyological Province, including various Angolan coastal basins, and not (only) the Cuanza river basin. Also Ref. 7248.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ao.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Poll, M., 1967
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Okavango-tilapia, 鲁氏非鲫, Okavango-kurper, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Tilapia: Bechuana, African native thiape = fish (Ref. 45335).
  More on authors: Poll, Thys, van, den & Audenaerde.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical; 10°S - 21°S

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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