Males in display
Oreochromis mossambicus males in display in the aquarium of Anton Lamboj [Austria]. Photo by Anton Lamboj. determiner Anton Lamboj

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Tribe
Oreochromini

Genus
Oreochromis


Last updated on:
16-Feb-2013

Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852)


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Original description as Chromis (Tilapia) mossambicus:

ZooBank:436C723F-E8F6-4A9E-A2F7-6E2CD65DD0E2.

  • Peters, W. 1852. "Neue Säugethiere und Flußfische aus Mossambique". Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königl. Preufs. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 275-276:681-685 (crc00709)

Synonyms (1):

Conservation: Oreochromis mossambicus is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (NT) near threatened (2007).