Accepted scientific name:

Synonyms:

Common names:

Nile tilapia English

Tilapia del Nilo Spanish

Tilapia du Nil French

尼罗口孵非鲫(引进) Mandarin Chinese

尼罗口孵鱼 Mandarin Chinese

尼罗非鲫 Mandarin Chinese

尼羅口孵非鯽(引進) Mandarin Chinese

尼羅口孵魚 Mandarin Chinese

尼羅非鯽 Mandarin Chinese

ปลานิล Thai

나일틸라피아 Korean

Cá Rô phi vằn Vietnamese

Akpafiatsi Ewe

Amnun yeor Hebrew

Baringo tilapia English

Biering-pill Kim

Bugu Hausa

Bulti Arabic

Carpe Creole, French, French

Chikadai Japanese

Cichlid English

Didee Ga

Edward tilapia English

Ekouni Fang

Epia Yoruba

Falga Hausa

Garagaza Hausa

Gargaza Hausa

Gbolonu Ewe

Ifunu Igbo, Ijo

Igihonda Other

Ingege y'inyamugera Other

Isake Other

Karfasa Hausa

Karwa Kanuri, Telugu

Koroso Amharic

Kpakaru Zande

Logokpa Adangme, Ewe

maleya Fijian

Mango fish English

Mojarra English, Papiamento, Spanish

Mozambique tilapia English

Mpupa Igbo

Munruvare Swedish

Ngege Luo, Other, Swahili

Niilintilapia Finnish

Nila Bahasa Indonesia, Malay, Toba, Batak

Nila merah Bahasa Indonesia

Nilbuntbarsch German

Nilcichlide Danish

Nil-Maulbrüter German

Nil-mundruger Danish

Nilotica English

Nin Laotian

Nyamami Luo

Peng-pill Kim

Perege Swahili

Petit lapia Creole, French

Pla nil Thai

Pla pla Tagalog

Qoroosoo Oromo

Sale Kim, Unknown

Sato Swahili

T?b?nfin Jula

Tegr-pere Mòoré

Tilapia Creole, French, English, Fijian, French, Malay, Portuguese, Sinhalese, Spanish, Sranan, Tagalog, Tamil

Tilapia nilótica Spanish

Tilapia nilowa Polish

Tilápia-do-nilo Portuguese

Tilapie German

Tilapiya Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug

Tlamoun nilský Czech

Tome Ijo

Trey tilapia chhnoht Khmer

Tsokungi Nupe

Uganda Swahili

Ukuobu Ijo

Wass Wolof

Classification:

Distribution:

Zimbabwe; Zambia; Yili River; Volta; Uruguay; USA (contiguous states); Viet Nam; United Kingdom; Uganda; Turkey; Tunisia; Trinidad and Tobago; Togo; Tigris; Thailand; Tanzania, United Rep. of; Taiwan; Taal Lake; Syrian Arab Republic; Sudan; Sri Lanka; Saudi Arabia; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Singapore; Slovakia; South Africa; Sao Tome and Principe; Saint Vincent & the Grenadines; Saint Lucia; Rwanda; Réunion; Puerto Rico; Pra River; Philippines; Peru; Panama; Palearctic; Pakistan; Oriental; Oceania - Inland waters; Nipoué; Nile; Nigeria; Niger; Nicaragua; Netherlands Antilles; Nepal; Neotropical; Nearctic; Mekong; Mexico; Myanmar; Nakdong; Mauritius; Malta; Mali; Malaysia; Magdalena; Madagascar; Liberia; Lao People's Dem. Rep.; Lake Victoria; Lake Turkana; Lake Toba; Lake Tanganyika; Lake Lanao; Lake Chad/Chari River; Laguna de Bay; Kivu; Korea, Republic of; Kiribati; Kenya; Kariba; Kaoping River; Kainji Lake; Japan; Jamaica; Israel; Iraq; Iran (Islamic Rep. of); Indonesia; India; Hong Kong; Honduras; Haiti; Guyana; Guinea; Guatemala; Grenada; Ghana; Gabon; Galapagos Islands; Gambia; Germany, Fed. Rep.; France; Fiji Islands; Europe - Inland waters; Ethiopian; Ethiopia; Eritrea; England and Wales (UK); El Salvador; Egypt; Ecuador; Ébrié Lagoon; Dominican Republic; Czech Republic; Cyprus; Cuba; Côte d'Ivoire; Costa Rica; Congo, Republic of; Congo, Dem. Rep. of the; Comoros; Comoé River; Colombia; China; Chiku River; Chad; Central African Republic; Cameroon; Cambodia; Burundi; Burkina Faso; Brunei Darussalam; Brazil; Botswana; Bangladesh; Belgium; Benue River; Bia River; Bolivia; Asia - Inland waters; America, South - Inland waters; America, North - Inland waters; Africa-Inland Waters; Africa: coastal rivers of Israel; Nile from below Albert Nile to the delta; Jebel Marra; in West Africa natural distribution covers the basins of the Niger, Benue, Volta, Gambia, Senegal and Chad, but introduced specimens reported from coastal basins. W

Additional data:

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Source database:

FishBase, Dec 2008

Latest taxonomic scrutiny:

Group expert : Kullander S. O., Data last modified by FishBase 04-Nov-2003

Online resource:

http://www.fishbase.org/...

CoL taxon LSID:

urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:4018a02f-52c2-102c-b3cd-957176fb88b9:ac2009