Oreochromis aureus
Authors/Creators
- 1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Art and Sciences, Nevşehir Hacı BektaşVeli University, Nevşehir, Türkiye
- 2. Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany
- 3. Health Services Vocational School, Nevşehir Hacı BektaşVeli University, Nevşehir, Türkiye
- 4. Faculty of Fisheries, Cukurova University, Türkiye
- 5. Deparment of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Description
Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864) [N]—Blue tilapia; Amnun ha’yarden
Taxonomy. Original description: Chromis aureus Steindachner, 1864: 229, pl. 8, fig. 5 [locality unknown; no types known].— Israel synonyms: Tilapia aurea (Steindachner, 1864).—Revisions: Trewavas (1965: 265) as Tilapia aurea; Trewavas (1982: 12).—Illustration: Steindachner (1864: 229, pl. 8, fig. 5).
Status in Israel. First record from Israel by Günther (1869) as Tilapia aurea; confirmed by Goren (1974: 102), Goren & Ortal (1999: 4).—Israel material: HUJ.
Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Israel: Jordan River basin including Lake Kinneret and the coastal plain.— Distribution in River Basin: 2-Dead Sea Basin, 3-Kinneret Basin.—General distribution: Middle East and Africa. Introduced widely elsewhere.—Distribution in Ecoregion: 438- Jordan River.—Habitat: This species inhabits a very wide range of flowing water habitats, from fast-flowing headwaters and reservoirs to polluted canals and large lowland rivers. It is the most environmentally tolerant of all tilapia species, tolerating lack of oxygen, pollution, salinity, etc. Low water temperatures (below 10–13 ° C) limit its occurrence. Freshwater, brackish.
Economic importance. Commercially important.
Conservation. Conservation status in Israel: Unknown.—IUCN: NE (2023).—Threats: Unknown.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered a keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Low priority for conservation action.
Remarks. It was hybridized with other cichlids like Oreochromis mossambicus, Oreochromis niloticus, and O. urolepis for amelioation and husbandry of aquaculture.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Steindachner
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Genus
- Oreochromis
- Species
- aureus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner, 1864) sec. Çiçek, Fricke, Sungur, Çapar & Golani, 2023
References
- Steindachner, F. (1864) Ichthyologische Mittheilungen. (VII.) [With subtitles I - VIII]. Verhandlungen der K. - K. zoologischbotanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 14, 223 - 232, pls. 7 - 8.
- Trewavas, E. (1965) Tilapia aurea (Steindachner) and the status of Tilapia nilotica exul, T. monodi and T. lemassoni. Israel Journal of Zoology, 14, 258 - 276.
- Trewavas, E. (1982) Tilapias: taxonomy and speciation. In: Pullin, R. S. V. & Lowe-McConnell, R. H. (Eds.), The biology and culture of tilapias. ICLARM Conference Proceedings. No. 7. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management, Manila, pp. 3 - 13.
- Goren, M. (1974) The freshwater fishes of Israel. Israel Journal of Zoology, 23 (2), 67 - 118, pls. 1 - 4.
- Goren, M. & Ortal, R. (1999) Biogeography, diversity and conservation of the inland water communities in Israel. Biological Conservation, 89, 1 - 9. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / S 0006 - 3207 (98) 00127 - X