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Oreochromis mortimeri (Trewavas, 1966)

Kariba tilapia
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Common names: Kariba bream, Kariba tilapia
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref: Bell-Cross, G. and J.L. Minshull, 1988
Importance: commercial | Ref: Bell-Cross, G. and J.L. Minshull, 1988
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Its frequent transfer throughout the country makes it extremely difficult to define accurately the natural limits of distribution (Ref. 12524, 13337). Probably confined to Lake Kariba (Ref. 12524, 13337, 36532, 54048, 54454, 57142, 58363), the Middle Zambezi (Ref. 12524, 13337, 32831, 36532, 54454) and its tributaries (Ref. 12524, 13337). Known from the rivers Hunyani (Ref. 52307, 54357) and Sanyati (Ref. 50024). Also collected from the Upper Zambezi (Ref. 44514).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/zi.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.zamnet.zm/zamnet/alcom/broch.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bell-Cross, G. and J.L. Minshull, 1988
National Database:

Common names from other countries

莫氏口孵非鲫, Kariba bream, Kurper bream, ... 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);  mortimeri: Named for M.A.E. Mortimer, a fish culturist who conducted a great deal of productive fish culture research in Zambia between 1951 and 1965 (Ref. 13337).
  More on author: Trewavas.

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Tropical; 10°S - 19°S

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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