Definition of Oreochromine. Meaning of Oreochromine. Synonyms of Oreochromine

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- Oreochromini is a tribe of cichlids in the Pseudocrenilabrinae subfamily that is native to Africa and Western Asia, but a few species have been widely...
- of cichlid fish from the coelotilapine, coptodonine, heterotilapine, oreochromine, pelmatolapiine, and tilapiine tribes (formerly all were "Tilapiini")...
- Oreochromis is a large genus of oreochromine cichlids, fishes endemic to Africa and the Middle East. A few species from this genus have been introduced...
- The Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) is an oreochromine cichlid fish native to southeastern Africa. Dull colored, the Mozambique tilapia often...
- Sarotherodon is a genus of oreochromine cichlids that are native to the northern half of Africa (south as far as the Congo River basin), with a single...
- grow to harvest size), and palatability, a number of coptodonine and oreochromine cichlids—specifically, various species of Coptodon, Oreochromis, and...
- fisheries, but has drastically declined; it may already be extinct. This oreochromine cichlid is locally called chambo, a name also used for two other closely...
- In Western Asia, the only other native cichlids are a few species of oreochromine tilapias and the Jordan mouthbrooder (Astatotilapia flaviijosephi). Although...
- and difficult to distinguish from each other. Unlike the well-known oreochromine tilapia that are mouthbrooders, Coptodon spp. are substrate brooders...
- its very small size, it supports 7 endemic species of coptodonine and oreochromine cichlid fishes (Coptodon deckerti, C. ejagham, C. fusiforme, C. nigrans...