Lake Rukwa tilapia

Lake Rukwa tilapia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Oreochromis
Species: O. rukwaensis
Binomial name
Oreochromis rukwaensis
(Hilgendorf & Pappenheim, 1903)
Synonyms
  • Tilapia nilotica rukwaensis Hilgendorf & Pappenheim, 1903
  • Sarotherodon rukwaensis (Hilgendorf & Pappenheim, 1903)
  • Tilapia rukwaensis Hilgendorf & Pappenheim, 1903

The Lake Rukwa tilapia, Oreochromis rukwaensis, is a species of cichlid endemic to the Lake Rukwa catchment in Tanzania. This species can reach a length of 33 centimetres (13 in) SL. This species is important to local commercial fisheries.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Bayona, J.D.R. & Hanssens, M. 2006. Oreochromis rukwaensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 May 2013.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Oreochromis rukwaensis" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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