Oreochromis andersonii: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Cichliformes
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Genus
- Oreochromis
- Species
- Oreochromis andersonii
- Scientific Name
- Oreochromis andersonii
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Oreochromis andersonii
Oreochromis andersonii, the three-spotted tilapia, threespot tilapia, or threespot bream, is a species of cichlid native to Africa, where it is found in rivers and swamps in the southern half of the continent. This species reaches a length of 61 cm (24 in). It is important to local commercial fisheries, as well as being commercially farmed. It is also popular as a gamefish. The identity of the person honoured in the specific name of this fish is not known but it is though most likely to be the Swedish explorer and hunter Charles John Andersson (1827-1867) who explored much of Namibia where the type was collected.
...Oreochromis andersonii in languages:
- English
- Three-spotted Tilapia
- English
- Anderson's Tilapia
- English
- Threespot Tilapia
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Oreochromis alcalicus
- Oreochromis amphimelas
- Oreochromis andersonii
- Oreochromis angolensis
- Oreochromis aureus
- Oreochromis chungruruensis
- Oreochromis esculentus
- Oreochromis grahami
- Oreochromis hunteri
- Oreochromis ismailiaensis
- Oreochromis jipe
- Oreochromis karomo
- Oreochromis karongae
- Oreochromis korogwe
- Oreochromis latilabris
- Oreochromis lepidurus
- Oreochromis leucostictus
- Oreochromis lidole
- Oreochromis macrochir
- Oreochromis malagarasi
- Oreochromis mortimeri
- Oreochromis mossambicus
- Oreochromis mweruensis
- Oreochromis ndalalani
- Oreochromis niloticus
- Oreochromis placidus
- Oreochromis rukwaensis
- Oreochromis saka
- Oreochromis salinicola
- Oreochromis schwebischi
- Oreochromis shiranus
- Oreochromis spilurus
- Oreochromis squamipinnis
- Oreochromis tanganicae
- Oreochromis upembae
- Oreochromis urolepis
- Oreochromis variabilis