Oreochromis urolepis

Wami tilapia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe: Tilapiini
Genus: Oreochromis
Species: O. urolepis
Binomial name
Oreochromis urolepis
(Norman, 1922)
Synonyms
  • Sarotherodon urolepis (Norman, 1922)
  • Tilapia adolfi Steindachner, 1915 (synonym)
  • Tilapia urolepis Norman, 1922

The Wami tilapia, Oreochromis urolepis, is a tilapiine cichlid native to African countries, but now found in many countries due to its food fish.

Males of this species reach 44.0 cm (17.3 in) in SL. It is a freshwater, and brackish benthopelagic species of tilapis, which has high value as a food, and also as an aquarium fish[1]

There are two subspecies, that are geographically separated.They are;

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Oreochromis urolepis" in FishBase. April 2013 version.


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