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Tilapia
Sign in to savegenus of fish in the cichlid family (Cichlidae)
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyCichlidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded8,147
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,383
- With media
- 37
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Collections
- CUMV, UWFC, TCWC, USNM, ENCB-IPN, MSB
- Recorded in
- United States, Saudi Arabia, Uganda, Ghana, Mexico, Cameroon, Philippines, Dr Congo
Research
8,204 papers- Tilapia, a good model for studying reproductive endocrinology.General and comparative endocrinology · 2024
- Tilapia lake virus: The story so far.Journal of fish diseases · 2020
- Managing the microbiological safety of tilapia from farm to consumer.Comprehensive reviews in food science and food safety · 2024
- Genomics-driven prophylactic measures to increase streptococcosis resistance in tilapia.Journal of fish diseases · 2023
- Genomics to accelerate genetic improvement in tilapia.Animal genetics · 2020
via PubMed
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Part of
- aquaponics
- Parent taxon
- Cichlidae
- Image
- Buttikoferi.png
- Life expectancy
- 10
Show 5 more facts
- Commons category
- Tilapia
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Tilapia
- topic's main category
- Category:Tilapia
- MCN code
- 0301.99.11
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
Tilapia is a genus of cichlid fishes endemic to freshwater habitats in Southern Africa. In the past this was a very large genus including all species with the common name tilapia, but today the vast majority are placed in other genera.
Species and taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tilapia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.