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Tilapia mossambica (Peters, 1852) 
AphiaID: 315820

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Cichlidae (Family) > Pseudocrenilabrinae (Subfamily) > Tilapia (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852)
Rank Species
Parent Tilapia Smith, 1840
Sources  basis of record: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

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Subspecies Tilapia mossambica korogwe Lowe, 1955 accepted as Oreochromis korogwe (Lowe, 1955)
Subspecies Tilapia mossambica mossambica (Peters, 1852) accepted as Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852)
Host of  Caligus orientalis Gusev, 1951 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications)
To ITIS
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Tilapia mossambica
Tilapia mossambica
added on 2008-12-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:315820
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2008-02-28 13:41:07Z  created  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Tilapia mossambica (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=315820 on 2013-06-19
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