Oreochromis mossambicus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Cichliformes
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Genus
- Oreochromis
- Species
- Oreochromis mossambicus
- Scientific Name
- Oreochromis mossambicus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Mozambique tilapia
The Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) is an oreochromine cichlid fish native to southeastern Africa. Dull colored, the Mozambique tilapia often lives up to a decade in its native habitats. It is a popular fish for aquaculture. Due to human introductions, it is now found in many tropical and subtropical habitats around the globe, where it can become an invasive species because of its robust nature. These same features make it a good species for aquaculture because it readily adapts to new situations.
...Oreochromis mossambicus in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Bloukurper
- Afrikaans
- Blou kurper
- Afrikaans
- Mosambiek-tilapia
- Afrikaans
- Mosambiekkurper
- Afrikaans
- Mossambiekkurper
- Afrikaans
- Rooivinkurper
- Chinese
- 金山鯽
- Chinese
- 莫桑比克口孵非鯽 / 莫三比克口孵魚
- Chinese
- 非洲鯽
- Chinese
- 吳郭魚
- Chinese
- 台灣鯛
- Czech
- tlamoun mosambický
- Danish
- Mozambique-mundruger
- Dutch
- Mozambique-tilapia
- English
- Mozambique Tilapia
- English
- Common tilapia
- English
- Mouth-brooder
- English
- Mozambique Cichlid
- English
- Tilapia
- English
- Mozambique Mouthbrooder
- English
- Mozambique Bream
- English
- Blue Bream
- English
- African mouthbrooder
- English
- African perch
- English
- Hawaiian perch
- English
- Hawaiian sunfish
- English
- Java fish
- English
- Java tilapia
- English
- Kurper bream
- English
- Largemouth kurper
- English
- Largemouth tilapia
- English
- Mossambique tilapia
- English
- Mozambique mouth-brooder
- English
- Redfin tilapia
- Estonian
- Mosambiigi vääristilaapia
- Finnish
- Valkoleukatilapia
- French
- Tilapia du Mozambique
- French
- Lapia
- German
- Mosambik-Maulbrüter
- German
- Mossambik-Buntbarsch
- German
- Natalbarsch
- German
- Weißkehlbarsch
- Indonesian
- Mujair
- Japanese
- カワスズメ
- Japanese
- モザンビークティラピア
- Japanese
- Kawasuzume
- Japanese
- ティラピア
- Kannada
- Jilebi
- Portuguese
- Tilápia-de-moçambique
- Russian
- Мозамбикская тиляпия
- Russian
- Mozambikskaya tilapiya
- Thai
- ปลาหมอเทศ
- Turkish
- Tilapya
- Turkish
- Tatlı su çipurası
- Vietnamese
- Cá rô phi đen
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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