Burkina Faso country information

Common names: Tɛbɛnfin, Tegr-pere
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: FAO, 1996
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Indigenous to the Volta River (Ref. 2, 53405). Also introduced.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/uv.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Trewavas, E., 1983
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Tilapia du Nil, Tilapia del Nilo, Тилапия нильская, ... more

分类 / Names 俗名 | 同种异名 | Catalog of Fishes(属, 种) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei > Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Oreochromis: Latin, aurum = gold + Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335); niloticus: Cancellata = barred, referring to the dark bars on the flanks of the species (Ref. 58535).
More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range 生态学

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Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common names from other countries

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