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Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission 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 Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission    Top | See original &pull 20q v5.145 20180528: Error 500 Can't connect to nis.gsmfc.org:80 (Name or service not known) http://nis.gsmfc.org/nis_factsheet.php?toc_id=198 Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Sarotherodon&speciesname=melanotheron ---> http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Sarotherodon&speciesname=melanotheron http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Sarotherodon&speciesname=melanotheron ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Sarotherodon&speciesname=melanotheron https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Sarotherodon&speciesname=melanotheron ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Sarotherodon-melanotheron.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    Sarotherodon Species in    Cichlidae - Classification - Pseudocrenilabrinae Cichlidae Cichliformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell , 1852 Blackchin tilapia Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Google image Sarotherodon melanotheron Picture by Hippocampus-Bildarchiv Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae Etymology: Sarotherodon: Greek, saros, -ou = sawdust + Greek, ther = animal * Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335 ) . More on author: Rüppell . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; pH range: 7.0 - 8.0; dH range: 9 - 19; depth range 0 - 3 m (Ref. 5723 ). Tropical; 27°N - 14°S, 18°W - 31°E Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Africa: Lagoons and estuaries from Mauritania to Cameroon. Introduced to several countries in Asia, USA and Europe (Ref. 21 ). At least one country reports adverse ecological impact after introduction. Previously, three subspecies were recognized: Sarotherodon melanotheron heudelotii , Sarotherodon melanotheron leonensis and Sarotherodon melanotheron melanotheron . Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m 12.1 , range 13 - ? cm Max length : 28.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 31256 ); common length : 17.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12193 ) Short description Morphology | Morphometrics Dorsal spines (total): 15 - 17; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-12; Anal spines : 3; Anal soft rays : 8 - 10; Vertebrae : 26 - 28. Diagnosis: length of caudal peduncle 0.6-0.9 times in its depth (Ref. 53405 ). Melanic areas in adult usually present on lower parts of head, on cleithrum and on apices of caudal and soft dorsal fins; occasional irregular and asymmetrical spots on flanks probably representing vertical bars; median spot or transverse bar on nape rather constant (Ref. 2 ). Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) This species can tolerate high salinity (Ref. 5723 ). It occurs abundantly in mangrove areas and ventures in to both fresh, like lower reaches of streams (Ref. 5723 ) and salt waters in native and non-native ranges (Ref. 46816 , 53405 ). In West Africa, this species is confined to brackish lagoons and estuaries, and is abundant in the mangrove zone (Ref. 2 ). Forms schools; is mainly nocturnal with intermittent daytime feeding. Feeds on aufwuchs and detritus (Ref. 2 ), as well as on bivalves and zooplankton (Ref. 28587 ). Feeding behaviour: picking up and swallowing "bites" (no gill rakers) (Ref. 55661 ). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Spawns in shallow water close inshore. Initiative in courtship, pit digging and mating activities are taken by the female. Eventually a male is stimulated to react in a mainly passive manner and a pair-bond is established; sexual dimorphism minimal; no T-stand by the partners during fertilization. Exhibits mouth-brooding habit (Ref. 6298 ). Males exclusively incubate the eggs (Ref. 2 , 6309 ). Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Kullander, Sven O. | Collaborators Trewavas, E. and G.G. Teugels , 1991. Sarotherodon. p. 425-437. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse, G.G. Teugels and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 4. (Ref. 4999 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 22 April 2019 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Potential pest Human uses Fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial; aquarium: commercial FAO - Aquaculture: production ; ; 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=0.01413 (0.00872 - 0.02289), b=2.99 (2.86 - 3.12), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  2.5   ±0.19 se; based on food items. Generation time: 0.8 (0.5 - 2.8) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 13 growth studies. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.16). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low vulnerability (16 of 100). Price category (Ref. 80766 ):   Unknown . Nutrients (Ref. 124155 ):  Calcium = 318 [152, 673] mg/100g; Iron = 1.97 [0.87, 4.12] mg/100g; Protein = 18.4 [16.8, 20.0] %; Omega3 = 0.152 [0.073, 0.347] g/100g; Selenium = 39.5 [19.2, 87.8] μg/100g; VitaminA = 6.27 [1.55, 20.48] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.94 [1.22, 3.12] mg/100g (wet weight); Comments & Corrections Back to Search Random Species Back to Top Accessed through: Not available FishBase mirror site : localhost Page last modified by : mrius-barile - 20 July 2016 Fatal error : Uncaught ArgumentCountError: Too few arguments to function checkEcotox(), 1 passed in /var/www/html/summary/speciessummary.php on line 2304 and exactly 3 expected in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php:2579 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/html/summary/speciessummary.php(2304): checkEcotox() #1 {main} thrown in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php on line 2579 Updated: 2024-04-19 09:52:55 gmt FishBase | Search | All Living Things | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation