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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...
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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...
- of
cichlid fish from the coelotilapine, coptodonine, heterotilapine,
oreochromine, pelmatolapiine, and
tilapiine tribes (formerly all were "Tilapiini")...
- The
Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) is an
oreochromine cichlid fish
native to
southeastern Africa. Dull colored, the
Mozambique tilapia often...
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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...
