Male in habitat
A male of Oreochromis macrochir in the Oanob dam, Oanob River [Namibia]. Photo by Adrian Indermaur. (24-Jan-2023). determiner Adrian Indermaur

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Pseudocrenilabrinae

Tribe
Oreochromini

Genus
Oreochromis


Last updated on:
03-Mar-2014

Oreochromis macrochir (Boulenger, 1912)


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Original description as Tilapia macrochir:

ZooBank:C66D62E0-9031-4E9D-AAFC-628BA90507F5.

  • Boulenger, George Albert. 1912. "Descriptions of three new African cichlid fishes of the genus Tilapia, preserved in the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (Series 8)10(55):138-140 (crc01654)

Synonyms (1):

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