Species FAO code: TJM

Tilapia imbriferna

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Species distribution and habitat
Species description
Combined Nomenclature

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Belgium	fr Tilapia nl Tilapia	–
Luxembourg	de Tialpia de Buntbarsch fr Tilapia du Nil	–
Portugal	pt Tilapia	–

Main production methods

Caught

Habitat

Freshwater

FAO major fishing areas

List item: Africa - Inland waters

Area 1 - Africa - Inland waters

Scientific name

Tilapia imbriferna

Author

Stiassny, Schliewen & Dominey, 1992

Rank

Species

FAO code

TJM

Morphological description

Diagnosis: lower pharyngeal jaw slender and gracile, with a reduced dentigerous plate; gill filaments of first arch long (ca. 20% HL); 10-12 gill rakers on first arch; anterior rakers markedly reduced in size (Ref. 81260). Description: head length 38.1-44.6% SL; lower pharyngeal jaw with unicuspid, curved anterior teeth and straight tricuspid posterior teeth; ventral keel relatively long, nearly as long as dentigerous plate; 2-4 rows of teeth in upper jaw, outer row teeth bicuspid (Ref. 81260). Coloration: in life silvery grey-brown, darker dorsally; snout and dorsum of head dark brownish black; lower lip, chin and belly pale creamy-brown; opercle reddish bronze, and reddish tinge to fleshy pectoral base; well marked opercular spot; dorsal fin uniform dusky, grey-brown; caudal fin blackish brown with dusky green posterior margin; pelvics and pectoral fins transparent; anal fin dusky grey-black (Ref. 81260).

Taxonomic classification

ClassActinopterygii
- OrderPerciformes
  - FamilyCichlidae
    - GenusTilapia
      - SpeciesTilapia imbriferna

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03 — CHAPTER 3 - FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES
- 0301 — Live fish
  - Other live fish
    - 0301 99 — Other
      - Freshwater fish
        0301 99 18 — Other
- 0302 — Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304
  - Other fish, excluding livers and roes
    - 0302 89 — Other
      - 0302 89 10 — Freshwater fish
- 0303 — Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304
  - Other fish, excluding livers and roes
    - 0303 89 — Other
      - 0303 89 10 — Freshwater fish
- 0304 — Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen
  - Fresh or chilled fillets of other fish
    - 0304 49 — Other
      - 0304 49 10 — Freshwater fish
  - Other, fresh or chilled
    - 0304 59 — Other
      - 0304 59 10 — Freshwater fish
  - Frozen fillets of other fish
    - 0304 89 — Other
      - 0304 89 10 — Freshwater fish
  - Other, frozen
    - 0304 99 — Other
      - Other
        0304 99 21 — Freshwater fish

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