Oreochromis

E223352

genus taxon

Oreochromis is a genus of African cichlid fishes that includes several important tilapia species widely farmed for food in freshwater aquaculture.

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All labels observed (15)

Label	Occurrences
Oreochromis mossambicus	2
Mozambique tilapia	1
Oreochromis canonical	1
Oreochromis andersonii	1
Oreochromis esculentus	1
Oreochromis karongae	1
Oreochromis leucostictus	1
Oreochromis macrochir	1
Oreochromis niloticus	1
Oreochromis shiranus	1
Oreochromis spilurus	1
Oreochromis tanganicae	1
Oreochromis urolepis	1
Oreochromis variabilis	1
Tilapia rendalli	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	genus ⓘ taxon ⓘ
aquacultureRegion	Africa ⓘ Asia ⓘ Latin America ⓘ
class	Actinopterygii ⓘ
commonName	tilapias ⓘ
describedAs	genus of African cichlid fishes ⓘ
diet	herbivorous tendencies ⓘ omnivorous ⓘ
domain	Eukarya ⓘ surface form: Eukaryota
economicImportance	major aquaculture genus ⓘ
family	Cichlidae ⓘ
farmedSpeciesIncludes	Blue tilapia ⓘ Oreochromis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mozambique tilapia Nile tilapia ⓘ
habitat	freshwater ⓘ lakes ⓘ reservoirs ⓘ rivers ⓘ
impact	can become invasive in non-native ecosystems ⓘ
importance	one of the most important finfish groups in global aquaculture ⓘ
includesTaxon	Oreochromis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Oreochromis andersonii Oreochromis aureus ⓘ Oreochromis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Oreochromis esculentus Oreochromis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Oreochromis karongae Oreochromis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Oreochromis leucostictus Oreochromis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Oreochromis macrochir Oreochromis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Oreochromis mossambicus Nile tilapia ⓘ surface form: Oreochromis niloticus Oreochromis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Oreochromis shiranus Oreochromis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Oreochromis spilurus Oreochromis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Oreochromis tanganicae Oreochromis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Oreochromis urolepis Oreochromis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Oreochromis variabilis
introducedTo	many tropical and subtropical regions outside native range ⓘ
kingdom	Animalia ⓘ
nativeTo	Africa ⓘ Middle East ⓘ
order	Cichliformes ⓘ
parentalCare	maternal mouthbrooding in many species ⓘ
parentTaxon	Cichlidae ⓘ
phylum	Chordata ⓘ
reproduction	mouthbrooding ⓘ
taxonRank	genus ⓘ
tolerance	wide range of environmental conditions ⓘ
usedFor	aquaculture ⓘ food production ⓘ
waterType	freshwater ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nile tilapia → genus → Oreochromis ⓘ

Nile tilapia → binomialName → Oreochromis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oreochromis niloticus