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FishBase Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Oreochromis&speciesname=malagarasi ---> http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Oreochromis&speciesname=malagarasi http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Oreochromis&speciesname=malagarasi ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Oreochromis&speciesname=malagarasi https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Oreochromis&speciesname=malagarasi ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Oreochromis-malagarasi.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Species in    Oreochromis Species in    Cichlidae - Classification - Pseudocrenilabrinae Cichlidae Cichliformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Oreochromis malagarasi Trewavas , 1983 Malagarasi tilapia Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Google image Oreochromis malagarasi Picture by RMCA Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae Etymology: Oreochromis: Latin, aurum = gold + Greek, chromis = a fish, perhaps a perch (Ref. 45335 ) . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Africa: Malagarasi River and marginal waters of Lake Tanganyika near Kigoma in Tanzania (Ref. 118638 ) and Burundi (Ref. 54847 ). Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 27.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 118638 ) Short description Morphology | Morphometrics Dorsal spines (total): 16 - 17; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-13; Anal spines : 3; Anal soft rays : 10 - 12; Vertebrae : 29 - 30. Diagnosis: A large bodied Oreochromis , characterised by a deep body, short snout and 3-4 blotches on the flank coupled with around 6 faint wide vertical bars (Ref. 118638 ). It is a tasselled species, resembling Oreochromis upembae from which it differs in the following features: mid-lateral blotches present as in O. upembae , caudal fin either without spots or with a few irregularly arranged or in quincunx; caudal rays variously scaly but the inter-radial membranes usually free of scales; vertebrae 29-30; scales in lateral line series 30-32; dorsal spines XVI-XVII, soft rays 12-13; and outer teeth mainly bicuspid, but often including a few tricuspids (Ref. 2 ). With grey/green fins and flanks; male dorsal and caudal fins have red/orange margins; ripening males reported to be dark green-grey, possibly almost black (Ref. 118638 ). Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Inhabits rivers and swamps (Ref. 4967 ). It feeds on the soft, flocculent bottom deposits, which consisted of finely divided plant material and many protozoa, bacteria, algae and detritus (Ref. 2 , 52307 ); the young were feeding on fish offal near canoe-landings (Ref. 2 ). A maternal mouthbrooder (Ref. 118638 ). A locally important species in artisanal fisheries (Ref. 118638 ); it contributes to swamp fishery (Ref. 4967 ). Recorded from aquaculture ponds near Kigoma (Ref. 118638 ). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae A maternal mouthbrooder (Ref. 118638 ). In various aquarium observations, male builds shallow spawning nests; female deposits eggs in nest; male fertilizes eggs; female takes eggs in mouth; female swallows additional sperms (Ref. 37042 ). Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Kullander, Sven O. | Collaborators Genner, M.J., G.F. Turner and B.P. Ngatunga , 2018. A guide to the tilapia fishes of Tanzania. Martin J. Genner, George F. Turner and Benjamin P. Ngatunga, August 2018. 29 p. (Ref. 118638 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )     Not Evaluated   CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low vulnerability (17 of 100). 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