Oreochromis karongae

Oreochromis karongae
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Oreochromis
Species:	O. karongae
Binomial name
	Oreochromis karongae; (Trewavas, 1941)
Synonyms
	Tilapia karongae Trewavas, 1941; Sarotherodon karongae (Trewavas, 1941);

Oreochromis karongae is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi, in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania.

Males of this species can reach a length of 42 centimetres (17 in) TL while females reach 38 centimetres (15 in) SL.

This species is also important to local commercial fisheries^[2]

References

^ Kazembe, J. & Makocho, P. 2004. Oreochromis karongae. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived 27 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine>. Downloaded on 9 May 2013.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oreochromis karongae". FishBase. April 2013 version.

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