Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852)

Esmaeili, Hamid Reza & Hamidan, Neshat, 2023, Inland fishes of the Arabian Peninsula: Review and a revised checklist, Zootaxa 5330 (2), pp. 201-226 : 216

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.2.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8253153
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scientific name	Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852)
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38. Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852) View in CoL View at ENA ― Mozambique Tilapia― Exotic

Taxonomy. Original description: Chromis (Tilapia) mossambicus Peters,1852:681 [ Zambezi River , Mozambique (East Africa);. Syntypes: BMNH [ex Peters] 1861.5.2.58-59 (2), FMNH 54267 [ex CM 2898] (2) Mosambique ; ZMB 2805-06 (2, 1), 16035 (3), 31564 (15) ]. Synonyms: Tilapia arnoldi Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917:497 View in CoL ; Labrodascyllus cimballii Di Caporiacco, 1948 ; Chromis dumerilii Steindachner, 1864 ; Chromis natalensis Weber, 1897 ; Chromis vorax Pfeffer, 1893 .

Status in the Arabian Peninsula. First record from Saudi Arabia by Al-Kahem-Al-Balawi et al. (2008), and from UAE, and Yemen by Freyhof et al. (2020).

General distribution. Southeastern Africa; introduced widely elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula. Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Yemen: It is widely introduced.

Economic importance. Commercially important.

Reasons of introduction. Aquaculture/research.

Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).