Oreochromis mossambicus ';
General information
Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852)
 
 
Common nameMozambique tilapia
Synonyms
Chromis mossambicus Peters, 1852
Chromis niloticus var. mossambicus Peters, 1852
Sarotherodon mossambicus (Peters, 1852)
Tilapia mossambica (Peters, 1852)
Tilapia mossambica mossambica (Peters, 1852)
Tilapia mossambicus (Peters, 1852)
Cromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852)
Orechromis mossambica (Peters, 1852)
Oreochromis mossambica (Peters, 1852)
Oreochromis mozambica (Peters, 1852)
Sarotherodon mossambica (Peters, 1852)
Sarotherodon mossambicum (Peters, 1852)
Sarothredon mossambica (Peters, 1852)
Telapia mossambica (Peters, 1852)
Tilapia mosambica (Peters, 1852)
Tilapia mozambique (Peters, 1852)
Chromis dumerilii Steindachner, 1864
Tilapia dumerilii (Steindachner, 1864)
Tilapia dumerili (Steindachner, 1864)
Tilapia natalensis (Weber, 1897)
Sarotherodon mossambicus natalensis (Weber, 1897)
IUCN Red List status (2014)
Near Threatened (NT)
Habitat
Freshwater
Systematics
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Euteleostei; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorpha; Acanthopterygii; Percomorpha; Perciformes; Cichlidae.
Geographical distribution
India; China; Japan; Indonesia; Bangladesh; Malaysia; Sri Lanka; Pakistan; Philippines; Singapore; Thailand; Taiwan; South Korea; Maldives; Vietnam; Saudi Arabia; Israel; Egypt; Myanmar; Jordan; Yemen; Hong Kong; Laos; Cambodia; Nepal; Turkey; Russia; Australia; Papua New Guinea; South Africa; Tanzania; Madagascar; Algeria; Angola; Kenya; Namibia; Mozambique; Ivory Coast; Senegal; France; USA; Mexico; American Soma; Brazil; Argentina; Colombia; Peru; Venezuela; Ecuador; Guyana; Suriname; Hawaii; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Costa Rica; Nicaragua; Haiti; Dominican Republic; Guatemala; Honduras; Fiji; French Polynesia; Guam; Kiribati; Micronesia; New Caledonia; Samoa; Solomon Islands; Tonga; Vanuatu; Antigua and Barbuda; Bahamas; Barbados; El Salvador; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Martinique; Saint Lucia; Trinidad and Tobago; Virgin Islands (USA); Malta; Benin; Botswana; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Republic of the Congo; Lesotho; Malawi; Mayotte; Reunion; Seychelles; Swaziland; Tunisia; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe
Occurrence Introduced: India, China, Japan, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, Maldives, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Myanmar, Jordan, Yemen, Hong Kong, Laos, Cambodia, Nepal, Turkey, Russia, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Tanzania, Madagascar, Algeria, Angola, Kenya, Namibia, USA, Mexico, American Soma, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Hawaii, Panama, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, El Salvador, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Virgin Islands (USA), Malta, Benin, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Reunion, Seychelles, Tunisia, Uganda
Not established: South Korea, Israel, Ivory Coast, France, Argentina, Ecuador
Native: South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Questionable: Senegal, Mayotte
Misidentification: Zambia
Importance
Food/ornamental/sports
Remarks
Model species
Karyological information
Geographical area of study Aquac. Facility, University of Maryland, USA
Source of chromosomes
Kidney
Number of specimens with sex
4
Diploid chromosome number
44
Karyotype formula
4m/sm+40st/a
Fundamental arm number
Not reported
Chromosome length
Not reported
Sex chromosome
Not detected
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
rDNA sites on 3 chromosome pairs (st/a)
Reference(s)
Poletto AB, Ferreira IA, Cabral-de-Mello DC, Nakajima RT, Mazzuchelli J, Ribeiro HB, Venere PC, Nirchio M, Kocher TD, Martins C (2010). Chromosome differentiation Patterns During Cichlid Fish Evolution. BMC Genetics, 11(50): 1471-2156.