Oreochromis niloticus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Cichliformes
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Genus
- Oreochromis
- Species
- Oreochromis niloticus
- Scientific Name
- Oreochromis niloticus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Nile tilapia
The Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is a species of tilapia, a cichlid occurring naturally in parts of Africa (such as its namesake Nile River) and the Levant, though numerous introduced populations exist outside its natural range. This current wide range is caused by its high commercial value as a food fish, where it is marketed as mango fish (not to be confused with the mango tilapia, or Sarotherodon galilaeus), nilotica, or boulti, along with many other names, both local and foreign. Due to its value, the Nile tilapia is widely aquacultured across the world due to its hardiness and a mode of reproduction conducive to mass rearing, namely mouthbrooding, and various attempts have been made to increase production yields, including hybridization with other tilapias.
...Oreochromis niloticus in languages:
- Arabic
- بلطي نيلي
- Chinese
- 尼羅口孵非鯽
- Chinese
- 金山鰂
- Chinese
- 福壽魚
- Czech
- tlamoun nilský
- Danish
- Nilcichlide
- Dutch
- Nijltilapia
- English
- Nile Tilapia
- English
- Mango Fish
- Finnish
- Niilintilapia
- French
- Tilapia du Nil
- German
- Nil-Tilapie
- Indonesian
- Ikan Nila
- Japanese
- ナイルティラピア
- Korean
- 나일틸라피아
- Korean
- 역돔
- Latvian
- Nīlas tilapija
- Polish
- Tilapia nilowa
- Portuguese
- Tilápia-do-Nilo
- Russian
- Нильская тиляпия
- Thai
- ปลานิล
- Turkish
- Nil tilapyası
- Turkish
- Israil çipurası
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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
Child Taxa
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