Oreochromis urolepis
Wami tilapia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Superclass: | Osteichthyes |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Subfamily: | Pseudocrenilabrinae |
Tribe: | Tilapiini |
Genus: | Oreochromis |
Species: | O. urolepis |
Binomial name | |
Oreochromis urolepis (Norman, 1922) | |
Synonyms | |
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The Wami tilapia, Oreochromis urolepis, is a tilapiine cichlid native to African countries, but now found in many countries due to its food fish.
Males of this species reach 44.0 cm (17.3 in) in SL. It is a freshwater, and brackish benthopelagic species of tilapis, which has high value as a food, and also as an aquarium fish[1]
There are two subspecies, that are geographically separated.They are;
- Oreochromis urolepis hornorum (Trewavas, 1966) (Wami tilapia)
- Oreochromis urolepis urolepis (Norman, 1922) (Rufigi tilapia)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Oreochromis urolepis" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
- http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=170018
- http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.aspx?speciesID=469
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