Oreochromis urolepis
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| Species: | O. urolepis
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| Oreochromis urolepis (Norman, 1922)
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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 use as a food fish.
Males of this species reach 44.0 cm (17.3 in) in standard length. It is a freshwater, and brackish benthopelagic species of tilapia, which has high value as a food, and also as an aquarium fish.[1]
The two subspecies, geographically separated, are:
- O. u. hornorum (Trewavas, 1966) (Wami tilapia)
- O. u.urolepis (Norman, 1922) (Rufigi tilapia)
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oreochromis urolepis". FishBase. April 2013 version.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=170018
- https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.aspx?speciesID=469
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