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Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nile tilapia
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Tanzania country information

Common names: Ngege, Nile tilapia, Perege
Occurrence: introduced
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref: FAO Fishery Information, Data and Statistics Service, 1993
Importance: highly commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Known from Lake Tanganyika, where it is relatively rare and confined to weedy river mouths (Ref. 118630, 118638), including Malagarazi River (Ref. 118630). Introduced to Lake Victoria in 1953 (Ref. 1739, 4967, 13624, 118630, 118638), probably from Lake Albert, as a contaminant of Coptodon zillii stocks, but this was later augmented by other translocations (Ref. 118638). Now introduced in most catchments of Tanzania (Ref. 118638), including Zigi River (Ref. 118630), Pangani River (Ref. 118630), Lake Eyasi (Ref. 118630), Lake Burungu (Ref. 118630), Lake Kitele (Ref. 118630), Lake Manyara (Ref. 118630), Lake Singida (Ref. 118630), Lake Sulungali (Ref. 118630), Wami River (Ref. 118630), Ruvu River (Ref. 118630), Ruaha/Rufiji River (Ref. 118630), Mbwenkuru River (Ref. 118630), Lukuledi River (Ref. 118630), Rutamba Lakes (Ref. 118630), Lake Rukwa (Ref. 118630), Lake Malawi (Ref. 118630) and Zanzibar Island (Ref. 118630). Now the most important cichlid in Lake Victoria, mostly in inshore waters but extends down to at least 15 meters (Ref. 4967).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tz.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.isp.msu.edu/AFRICANSTUDIES/PLEA/TAFIRI.HTM
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Shechonge, A., B.P. Ngatunga, S.J. Bradbeer, J.J. Day, J.J. Freer, A.G.P. Ford, J. Kihedu, T. Richmond, S. Mzighani, A.M. Smith, E.A. Sweke, R. Tamatamah, A.M. Tyers, G.F. Turner and M.J. Genner, 2018
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Tilapia du Nil, Tilapia del Nilo, Тилапия нильская, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Oreochromis: Latin, aurum = gold + Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335);  niloticus: From "Filhoa" = the Amharic word for "hot spring" (Ref. 2).
  More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; potamodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 20 m (Ref. 32849), usually ? - 20 m (Ref. 34290).   Tropical; 14°C - 33°C (Ref. 3); 32°N - 5°S, 17°W - 38°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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