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In India, especially in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, the Nile Tilapia was introduced by K. Kamaraj, the then Chief Minister and has become a threat to the native fish species hence. [9] The Nile tilapia can be found in most types of freshwater habitats, such as rivers, streams, canals, lakes, and ponds, and ranging from sea level to an ...
The Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is a species of tilapia, a cichlid fish native to the northern half of Africa and the Levante area (Lowe-McConnell, 1988). [4] Numerous introduced populations exist outside its natural range. The Nile Tilapia reaches up to 60 cm in length, and can exceed 5 kg.
Tilapia (/ t ɪ ˈ l ɑː p i ə / tih-LAH-pee-ə) is the common name for nearly a hundred species of cichlid fish from the coelotilapine, coptodonine, heterotilapine, oreochromine, pelmatolapiine, and tilapiine tribes (formerly all were "Tilapiini"), with the economically most important species placed in the Coptodonini and Oreochromini. [2]
In 2010 Malawi produced 2,997 tonnes of farmed tilapia. [1] A few species of Oreochromis tilapia, popular known as 'chambo', are the most popular fish in Malawi. [16] They are endemic to bodies of water in Malawi like Lake Malawi, Lake Malombe and the Shire River. [17] Due to over fishing, the fish however is now on the threatened species list ...
Species in this genus, as well as those in several other oreochromine and tilapiine genera, share the common name "tilapia" and historically most were included in the genus Tilapia. [ 1 ] Oreochromis contains more than 30 species , and several undescribed forms exist.
This species is often the main ingredient in the so-called crab sticks. Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus: Cultivated 3,197,330 Whiteleg shrimp Penaeus vannamei: Cultivated 3,178,721 Bighead carp Hypophthalmichthys nobilis: Cultivated 2,898,816 Skipjack tuna Katsuwonus pelamis: Wild 2,795,339 Catla Catla catla: Cultivated 2,761,022 Crucian carp
This is a list of the fish species found in India and is based on FishBase. [1] ... banana fish, horseface loach Botia rostrata; ... (introduced), Nile tilapia ...
12.1.24 Tilapia. 12.1.25 Aulonacara. ... List of aquarium fish by scientific name. 3 languages. ... Rineloricaria species; Scobinancistrus