Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Cichlidae > Oreochromis > Oreochromis mortimeri

Oreochromis mortimeri (Kurper bream; Kariba tilapia; Kariba bream)

Synonyms: Sarotherodon mortimeri; Sarotherodon mossambicus mortimeri; Tilapia mortimeri; Tilapia mossambica mortimeri
Language: Mandarin Chinese

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Oreochromis mortimeri

Attributes

Maximum Longevity [1]  8 years

Prey / Diet

Fenestraria rhopalophylla (babies toes)[2]
Lagarosiphon major (oxygen-weed)[2]

Predators

Hydrocynus vittatus (Tigerfish)[2]

Consumers

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ 2Jorrit 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.
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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