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    Species Accepted

    Oreochromis macrochir (Boulenger, 1912)

    Greenhead Tilapia
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Oreochromis
    IUCNVulnerable

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 21 countries or islands

      21 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      AngolaNo
      Burkina FasoNo
      BrazilNo
      Congo, The Democratic Republic of theNo
      Central African RepublicNo
      Côte d’IvoireNo
      CameroonNo
      AlgeriaNo
      EgyptNo
      GabonNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      7 results
      Greenhead Tilapia English
      Groenkop-kurper Afrikaans
      Pale Bemba
      Tlhapi Tswana
      greenheaded bream English
      longfin tilapia English
      tummatilapia Finnish

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      3 results
      Boulenger, G. A. (1912). Descriptions of three new African cichlid fishes of the genus Tilapia, preserved in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8), v. 10 (no. 55): 138–140. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222931208693206 10.1080/00222931208693206
      Boulenger, George A. 1912. Descriptions of three new African cichlid fishes of the genus Tilapia, preserved in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany and Geology, Being a Continuation of the 'Magazine of Botany and Zoology', and of Louden and Charlesworth's 'Magazine of Natural History', Series 8 10: 138-140.
      http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/details/species/id/10067862/common/187176

      Citation

      Oreochromis macrochir (Boulenger, 1912) in undefined