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Oreochromis niloticus

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 niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) [I]—Nile tilapia; Amnun ha’yeor

Taxonomy. Original description: Perca niloticus Linnaeus, 1758: 290 [Nile River; holotype:?NRM LP 10].—Israeli synonyms: Perca nilotica Linnaeus, 1758; Tilapia nilotica (Linnaeus, 1758); Chromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758); Tilapia vulcani Trewavas, 1933.—Revisions: None.—Illustration: Ye in Pan et al. (1991: 416, fig. 248) as Tilapia nilotica, Teugels & Thys van den Audenaerde in Lévêque et al. (1992: 761, fig. 49.36).

Status in Israel. First record from Israel by Lortet (1883: 137) and Tristram (1884: 164) as Chromis niloticus, and by Steinitz (1953: 513) as Tilapia nilotica exul, Fishelson (1962) as Tilapia nilotica; confirmed by Goren (1974: 102) as Tilapia nilotica, Goren & Ortal (1999: 4).—Israel material: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Israel: Only several, not confirmed, specimens, were collected in the coastal plain. They are escapees from aquaculture.—Distribution in River Basin: 1-Western Basin.—General distribution: North Africa and East Africa. Widely introduced elsewhere.—Distribution in Ecoregion: 436-Coastal Levant.—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. None in Israel, elsewhere commercially important.

Reasons of introduction. Aquaculture.

Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).

Notes

Published as part of Çiçek, Erdoğan, Fricke, Ronald, Sungur, Sevil, Çapar, Osman Bahadir & Golani, Daniel, 2023, Freshwater fishes of Israel; a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023, pp. 451-484 in Zootaxa 5369 (4) on page 467, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5369.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10146651

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EC8B3A8F1F606A95F1D0E6FD5FB964

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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.5369.4.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/10146651 (URL)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/03EC8B3A8F1F606A95F1D0E6FD5FB964 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/217781947 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/278560/taxon/03EC8B3A8F1F606A95F1D0E6FD5FB964.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Cichlidae
Genus
Oreochromis
Species
niloticus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) sec. Çiçek, Fricke, Sungur, Çapar & Golani, 2023

References

  • Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema Naturae. Ed. X. (Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata). Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae, ii + 824 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 542
  • Pan, J. - H., Zhong, L., Zheng, C. - Y., Wu, H. - L. & Liu, J. - H. (Eds.) (1991) The freshwater fishes of Guangdong Province. Guangdong Science and Technology Press, Guangzhou, frontmatter, 17 + 589 pp.
  • Leveque, C., Paugy, D. & Teugels, G. G. (Eds.) (1992) Faune des poissons d'eaux douces et saumatres de l'Afrique de l'Ouest. Collection Fauna tropicale, No. XXVIII, 2, 389 - 902.
  • Lortet, L. (1883) Etudes zoologiques sur la faune du lac de Tiberiade, suivies d'un apercu sur la faune des lacs d'Antioche et de Homs. I. Poissons et reptiles du lac de Tiberiade et de quelques autres parties de la Syrie. Archives du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Lyon, 3, 99 - 189, pls. 6 - 18. https: // doi. org / 10.3406 / mhnly. 1883.941
  • Tristram, H. B. (1884) Fauna and Flora of Palestine. The Survey of Western Palestine. London, xxii + 455 pp., xx pls.
  • Steinitz, H. (1953) The freshwater fishes of Palestine. An annotated list. Bulletine of the Research Council of Israel, 3 B, 207 - 227.
  • Fishelson, L. (1962) Hybrid of two species of fishes of the genus Tilapia (Cichlidae, Teleostei). Fishermen's Bulletin, Haifa, 4 (2), (32), 14 - 9. [in Hebrew]
  • 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