Back Nylkurper Afrikaans بلطي نيلي Arabic بلطى نيلى ARZ Нилска тилапия Bulgarian নাইলোটিকা Bengali/Bangla Tilàpia del Nil Catalan Oreochromis niloticus CEB Tlamoun nilský Czech Nilbuntbarsch German Atuur DIN
| Nile tilapia | |
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| Wild type above, aquacultured type (likely of hybrid origin) below | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Oreochromis |
| Species: | O. niloticus
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| Oreochromis niloticus | |
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The Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is a species of tilapia, a cichlid fish native to parts of Africa and the Levant, particularly Israel and Lebanon.[2] Numerous introduced populations exist outside its natural range.[1][3] It is also commercially known as mango fish (not to be confused with mango tilapia, or Sarotherodon galilaeus), nilotica, or boulti.[4]
- ^ a b Diallo, I.; Snoeks, J.; Freyhof, J.; Geelhand, D.; Hughes, A. (2020). "Oreochromis niloticus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T166975A134879289. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T166975A134879289.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Oreochromis niloticus" in FishBase. November 2015 version.
- ^ Azevedo-Santos, V.M.; O. Rigolin-Sá; and F.M. Pelicice (2011). "Growing, losing or introducing? Cage aquaculture as a vector for the introduction of non-native fish in Furnas Reservoir, Minas Gerais, Brazil". Neotropical Ichthyology. 9 (4): 915–919. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252011000400024.
- ^ Ibrahim, A. A.; El-Zanfaly, H. T. (1980). "Boulti (Tilapia nilotica Linn.) fish paste 1. Preparation and chemical composition". Zeitschrift für Ernährungswissenschaft. 19 (3): 159–162. doi:10.1007/BF02018780. PMID 7445573. S2CID 31199737.