Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Cichlidae > Oreochromis > Oreochromis karongae

Oreochromis karongae (Tilapia)

Synonyms: Sarotherodon karongae; Tilapia karongae; Tilapia karonge
Language: Kiswahili; Mandarin Chinese; Nyanja; Swahili; Yao

Wikipedia Abstract

Oreochromis karongae is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Malawi. Males of this species can reach a length of 42 centimetres (17 in) TL while females reach 38 centimetres (15 in) SL. This species is also important to local commercial fisheries
View Wikipedia Record: Oreochromis karongae

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Oreochromis karongae

Prey / Diet

Fenestraria rhopalophylla (babies toes)[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