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Tilapia mossambica (non Peters, 1852)
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Mature females with an overall golden hue; males with the flanks a pale blue. Swollen and brilliant white lateral parts of the lower lip of the mature male. Blue spots on scales becoming iridescent. Genital papilla conical, prominent and yellow in the mature male; swollen in the mature female. An oblique eye-bar intensely black in the breeding male, duller in the female.
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Africa: Lower part of the Pangani River system and the neighboring Zigi River in Tanzania.
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Habitat and Ecology
Systems
- Freshwater
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Eastern Africa.
benthopelagic; freshwater; pH range: 7.5 - 8.5; dH range: 10 - 20
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Dorsal spines (total): 16 - 18; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 11; Anal spines: 3 - 4; Analsoft rays: 8 - 11; Vertebrae: 29 - 30
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Rights holder/Author | Crispina B. Binohlan, FishBase |
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At smaller sizes, these fish are significantly carnivorous (Ref. 2).
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Rights holder/Author | Crispina B. Binohlan, FishBase |
Source | No source database. |
Maximum size: 208 mm SL
Contracaecum Disease (larvae). Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)
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Rights holder/Author | Allan Palacio, FishBase |
Source | http://www.fishbase.org/Diseases/diseasesList.cfm?ID=2033&StockCode=2230 |
20.8 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 2))
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Rights holder/Author | Susan M. Luna, FishBase |
Source | http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1448 |