Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864)
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.2.2 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AA61E68D-3A1B-45BD-821F-E6AD862F6808 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8253151 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EC87BD-FFB0-0A2E-80F4-FBE3FD34FA22 |
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Plazi |
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Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864) |
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37. Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864) View in CoL View at ENA ―Blue Tilapia― Exotic
Taxonomy. Original description: Chromis aureus Steindachner, 1864:229 , Pl. 8 (fig. 5) [ West Africa; Lectotype: NMW 32874 ]. Synonyms: Tilapia aurea (Steindachner 1864) View in CoL ; Tilapia nilotica exul Steinitz, 1951 View in CoL ; Tilapia lemassoni Blache & Miton, 1960 View in CoL ; Tilapia monodi Daget, 1954 View in CoL .
Status in the Arabian Peninsula. First record from Saudi Arabia by Al-Kahem-Al-Balawi et al. (2008); confirmed by Freyhof et al. (2020).
General distribution. Middle East and Africa. Introduced widely elsewhere. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.
Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula. Saudi Arabia: Wadis Haneefah and Al-Kharj, Lake Layla, Al-Ahsa Oasis, and probably several other Wadis.
Economic importance. Locally commercially important.
Reasons of introduction. Aquaculture/research.
Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864)
| Esmaeili, Hamid Reza & Hamidan, Neshat 2023 |
Tilapia lemassoni
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Tilapia monodi
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Tilapia nilotica exul
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Chromis aureus
| Steindachner 1864: 229 |