The Mozambique tilapia is a dull-colored cichlid fish native to southeastern Africa that can live up to a decade in its native habitat and is popular in aquaculture. Human introductions have carried it to many tropical and subtropical regions worldwide, where its robust, adaptable nature makes it both a valued aquaculture species and, in many of those introduced habitats, an invasive one.
Facts
Classification
System (Realm) System (Realm) ThreatsInvasive and Other Problematic Species, Genes and Diseases 3 Relationship to PeopleInvasive or Introduced Species 3 Living or ExtinctDerived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status (w-bfill-g5-0924 browse backfill). Scientific NameOreochromis mossambicus 1 Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Wikidata: Mozambique Tilapia
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- Also in Geography Atlas: Algeria, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Angola, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Antigua and Barbuda, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Argentina, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Australia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Bahamas, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Bangladesh, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Barbados, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Benin, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Bhutan, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Bolivia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Botswana, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Brazil, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Bulgaria, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Burundi, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Cabo Verde, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: China, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Colombia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Costa Rica, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Cote d'Ivoire, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Cuba, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Cyprus, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Czechia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Democratic Republic of the Congo, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Dominica, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Dominican Republic, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Ecuador, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Egypt, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Eritrea, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Ethiopia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Federated States of Micronesia, found in there.
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- Also in Geography Atlas: France, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Germany, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Kenya, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Madagascar, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Mozambique, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: North America, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Republic of the Congo, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Spain, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: United Arab Emirates, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: United Kingdom, found in there.
Sources
1. Mozambique Tilapia (Wikipedia)
WikipediaLead paragraph
The Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) is an oreochromine cichlid fish native to southeastern Africa.
Conservation status box
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
lead paragraph (diet), EntityId 286032
Mozambique tilapia are omnivorous.
View the Source 2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
3. Wikipedia: Mozambique tilapia
threat (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
Due to human introductions, it is now found in many tropical and subtropical habitats around the globe, where it can become an invasive species because of its robust nature.
system (entity description states it plainly, relationship to people)
Human introductions have carried it to many tropical and subtropical regions worldwide, where its robust, adaptable nature makes it both a valued aquaculture species and, in many of those introduced habitats, an invasive one.
View the SourceWikidata: Mozambique Tilapia
- Wikidata Q1348685, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Child Taxon Of: Oreochromis, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q4621959 (Oreochromis)
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