WoRMS taxon details
Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852)
AphiaID: 218777
AphiaID: 218777
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Cichlidae (Family) > Oreochromis (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Oreochromis Günther, 1889 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Chromis dumerilii Steindachner, 1864 Chromis mossambicus Peters, 1852 Chromis natalensis Weber, 1897 Chromis niloticus var. mossambicus Peters, 1852 Chromis vorax Pfeffer, 1893 Cromis mossambicus Peters, 1852 (misspelling) Oreochromis mossambica (Peters, 1852) (misspelling) Oreochromis mozambica (Peters, 1852) (misspelling) Sarotherodon mossambica (Peters, 1852) Sarotherodon mossambicum (Peters, 1852) (misspelling) Sarotherodon mossambicus (Peters, 1852) Sarotherodon mossambicus natalensis (Weber, 1897) Sarothredon mossambica (Peters, 1852) (misspelling) Telapia mossambica (Peters, 1852) (misspelling) Tilapia arnoldi Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917 Tilapia dumerili (Steindachner, 1864) (misspelling) Tilapia dumerilii (Steindachner, 1864) Tilapia mosambica (Peters, 1852) (misspelling) Tilapia mossambica (Peters, 1852) Tilapia mossambica mossambica (Peters, 1852) Tilapia mossambicus (Peters, 1852) Tilapia mozambique (Peters, 1852) (misspelling) Tilapia natalensis (Weber, 1897) Tilapia vorax (Pfeffer, 1893) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | |||||||||||
| Distribution | Madagascar [details] Mozambique [details] | ||||||||||
| Host of |
Caligus acanthopagri Lin, Ho & Chen, 1994 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus epidemicus Hewitt, 1971 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus orientalis Gusev, 1951 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus punctatus Shiino, 1955 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lernaea tilapiae Harding, 1950 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lernaea barnimiana (Hartmann, 1865) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (53 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (910 nucleotides; 419 proteins) To IUCN Red List To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Occurs at temperatures ranging from 8°-42°C (Ref. 3). Lives in warm, weedy pools of sluggish streams, canals, and ponds (Ref. 5723). Is mainly diurnal. May form schools. Omnivorous, feeds on almost anything from algae to insects. Can be reared under hypersaline conditions (Ref. 4537). Marketed fresh and frozen (Ref. 9987). [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218777 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218777 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||
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