Oreochromis niloticus ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Esmaeili, Hamid Reza & Hamidan, Neshat, 2023, Inland fishes of the Arabian Peninsula: Review and a revised checklist, Zootaxa 5330 (2), pp. 201-226 : 217

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.2.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8253157
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scientific name	Oreochromis niloticus ( Linnaeus, 1758 )
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39. Oreochromis niloticus ( Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL View at ENA ― Nile Tilapia― Exotic

Taxonomy. Original description: Perca nilotica Linnaeus, 1758:290 [ from Nile River ; Holotype:? NRM LP 10 ]. Synonyms: Chromis triacantha Bowdich, 1825 ; Tilapia calciati Gianferrari, 1924 View in CoL ; Tilapia regani Poll, 1932 View in CoL ; Tilapia vulcani Trewavas, 1933 View in CoL ; Tilapia inducta Trewavas, 1933 View in CoL .

Status in the Arabian Peninsula. Recorded from Saudi Arabia, Oman, UAE, and Yemen ( Al-Kahem-Al-Balawi et al. 2008, Freyhof et al. 2020, and Esmaeili et al. 2022).

General distribution. North and East Africa. Widely introduced elsewhere, including Mississippi and Florida ( U.S.A.), Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, Brazil, Ecuador, Uruguay, Argentina, Madagascar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, and southern Japan. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula. Saudi Arabia, Oman, UAE, and Yemen: It is widely distributed and established in Wadis and Aflaj.

Economic importance. Locally commercially important.

Reasons of introduction. Aquaculture, research, and mosquito control.

Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Order	Perciformes
Family	Cichlidae
Genus	Oreochromis