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Oreochromis karomo (Karomo)

Synonyms: Sarotherodon karoma; Sarotherodon karomo; Tilapia karomo
Language: Finnish; Mandarin Chinese; Swahili

Wikipedia Abstract

The karomo (Oreochromis karomo) is a species of cichlid endemic to Tanzania, where it is found in the Malagarasi River basin. This species can reach a standard length of 28 cm (11 in). It is also considered an excellent food fish and is sought-after by commercial fisheries as well as being farmed.
View Wikipedia Record: Oreochromis karomo

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Oreochromis karomo

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Polyacanthorhynchus kenyensis[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0