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Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864)

Blue tilapia
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Common names: Tilapia
Occurrence: introduced
Salinity: freshwater
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Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: Vallejo, A.N., 1985
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Uses: no uses
Comments: An important food fish and cultured with other tilapias. Account for almost a third of the fish production of Laguna de Bay. Museum specimens collected in 1984 from various localities, LRS-84139 (Ref. 13460). Also Ref. 1739, 80824.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Mercene, E.C., 1997
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Tilapia azul, Тилапия голубая, Tilapia, ... 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: Oreochromis: Latin, aurum = gold + Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335);  aureus: From the Greek words oreos=of the mountains and chroma=color; aureus (Latin)=golden from aurum, gold (Ref. 79012).
  More on author: Steindachner.

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

Freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; potamodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 5 - ? m.   Tropical; 8°C - 30°C (Ref. 2); 35°N - 10°N

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