BLACK TILAPIA

Oreochromis placidus subsp. placidus

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IUCN Red List Status: NOT EVALUATED

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Oreochromis placidus placidus (Trewavas, 1941)

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  - Ray-finned fishes +
    - Perch-like fishes +
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        Blue tilapias +
        
        Oreochromis placidus (Trewavas, 1941) +
        
        Black tilapia
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Prefers quiet pools with marginal vegetation. Has been reported only from fresh water and low altitudes and latitudes, so that its salinity and temperature tolerances are probably narrower than those of O. mossambicus (Ref. 2).

	Cirrhilabrus temminckii Bleeker, 1853 Threadfin wrasse
	Arius heudelotii Valenciennes, 1840 Smoothmouth sea catfish
	Symbolophorus veranyi (Moreau, 1888) Large scale lantern fish
	Bolbometopon muricatum (Valenciennes, 1840) Green humphead parrotfish
	Sargocentron melanospilos (Bleeker, 1858) Blackblotch squirrelfish

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