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In Spanish, tilapia are simply known as tilapia. Formal tilapia farming is relatively new to Honduras but the commercial export market is expanding rapidly. The first audit of a Honduran tilapia fishery was conducted in 2010 and the facility was found to be compliant with international standards. Honduran aquafarmers are now exporting nearly 20 ...
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]
Oreochromis tanganicae, the Tanganyika tilapia, is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika and the mouths of its larger affluent rivers. This species can reach a length of 42 centimetres (17 in) SL. [2] Males are larger and more colorful than females and possess longer dorsal and anal fins when fully grown. In the wild, the species is ...
Moedjair or Mujair (1890–1957) is a Javanese inventor who in 1939 was the first to culture the fish species Tilapia zillii, at the mouth of the Serang River, in the northern reaches of Java Island. [citation needed] Moedjair (1890-1957) Moedjair was born Iwan Dalauk in 1890 in Blitar, East Java; he died there in 1957.
Some strains of tilapia have been developed which can survive in brackish water, to allow them to also be farmed in the ubiquitous ponds. The presence of tilapia may also improve the quality of shrimp ponds, producing phytoplankton less likely to facilitate the growth of bacteria that cause the luminous vibriosis disease.
Tilapia project at Australian Centre for Tropical Freshwater Research, James Cook University; Information on two tilapia pest species from the Australian Centre for Tropical Freshwater Research as PDF downloads: Canonico GC, Arthington A, McCrary JK, and Thieme M (2005): The effects of introduced tilapias on native biodiversity.
Tilapia is a genus of cichlid fishes endemic to freshwater habitats in Southern Africa. In the past this was a very large genus including all species with the common name tilapia , but today the vast majority are placed in other genera.
Oreochromis variabilis: the holotype of Tilapia variabilis, as illustrated in Boulenger 1907: a specimen of the blotched 'maradadi' morph. Like all other known Oreochromis, O. variabilis is a maternal mouthbrooder. Males are conspicuously coloured and aggregate in shallow waters, where they aggressively defend territories centred around their ...