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Oreochromis variabilis (Victoria tilapia)

Synonyms: Nyasalapia variabilis; Sarotherodon variabilis; Tilapia variabilis
Language: Finnish; Luo; Mandarin Chinese; Swahili

Wikipedia Abstract

Oreochromis variabilis, the Victoria tilapia, is a species of cichlid native to Lake Victoria and its tributaries, Lake Kyoga, Lake Kwania and Lake Salisbury as well as being found in the Victorian reach of the Nile above Murchison Falls. This species can reach a length of 30 centimetres (12 in) SL. This species is important to local commercial fisheries as well as being potentially important in aquaculture. It is also found in the aquarium trade.
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Predators

Bagrus docmak (Sudan catfish)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Cichlidogyrus halli[2]
Gyrodactylus nyanzae[2]

Range Map

External References

Citations

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.
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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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