Oreochromis variabilis
Commercial designations
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Portugal
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Main production methods
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Caught
Main fishing gears
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List item: Gillnets and similar nets
Gillnets and similar nets
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List item: Pots and traps
Pots and traps
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List item: Seines
Seines
Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Oreochromis variabilis (Boulenger, 1906)
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Habitat
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Freshwater
FAO major fishing areas
Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Oreochromis variabilis (Boulenger, 1906)
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Scientific nameOreochromis variabilisAuthor(Boulenger, 1906)RankSpeciesFAO codeOEVMorphological description
Margin of the dorsal fin orange in females and non-breeding males; intense orange to scarlet in breeding males. Profile convex immediately before the eye. Usually 2 rows of scales on cheek. Caudal not heavily scaled. Preserved specimens often show 2-3 vague dark mid-lateral blotches and one on top of the peduncle. Body color grey-green (Ref.4967).
Taxonomic classification- ClassActinopterygii
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyCichlidae
- GenusOreochromis
- SpeciesOreochromis variabilis
- GenusOreochromis
- FamilyCichlidae
- OrderPerciformes
Synonyms- Nyasalapia variabilis (Boulenger, 1906)
- Sarotherodon variabilis (Boulenger, 1906)
- Tilapia variabilis Boulenger, 1906
Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Oreochromis variabilis (Boulenger, 1906)
- ClassActinopterygii
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- 0301 — Live fish
- Other live fish
- 0301 99 — Other
- Freshwater fish
- 0301 99 18 — Other
- Freshwater fish
- 0301 99 — Other
- Other live fish
- 0302 — Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304
- Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus), eels (Anguilla spp.), Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and snakeheads (Channa spp.), excluding livers and roes
- 0302 71 00 — Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.)
- Other fish, excluding livers and roes
- 0302 89 — Other
- 0302 89 10 — Freshwater fish
- 0302 89 — Other
- Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus), eels (Anguilla spp.), Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and snakeheads (Channa spp.), excluding livers and roes
- 0303 — Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304
- Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus), eels (Anguilla spp.), Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and snakeheads (Channa spp.), excluding livers and roes
- 0303 23 00 — Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.)
- Other fish, excluding livers and roes
- 0303 89 — Other
- 0303 89 10 — Freshwater fish
- 0303 89 — Other
- Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus), eels (Anguilla spp.), Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and snakeheads (Channa spp.), excluding livers and roes
- 0304 — Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen
- Fresh or chilled fillets of tilapia (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus), eels (Anguilla spp.), Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and snakeheads (Channa spp.)
- 0304 31 00 — Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.)
- Fresh or chilled fillets of other fish
- 0304 49 — Other
- 0304 49 10 — Freshwater fish
- 0304 49 — Other
- Other, fresh or chilled
- 0304 51 00 — Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus), eels (Anguilla spp.), Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and snakeheads (Channa spp.)
- 0304 59 — Other
- 0304 59 10 — Freshwater fish
- Frozen fillets of tilapia (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus), eels (Anguilla spp.), Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and snakeheads (Channa spp.)
- 0304 61 00 — Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.)
- Frozen fillets of other fish
- 0304 89 — Other
- 0304 89 10 — Freshwater fish
- 0304 89 — Other
- Other, frozen
- 0304 93 — Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus), eels (Anguilla spp.), Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and snakeheads (Channa spp.)
- 0304 93 10 — Surimi
- 0304 93 90 — Other
- 0304 99 — Other
- Other
- 0304 99 21 — Freshwater fish
- Other
- 0304 93 — Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus), eels (Anguilla spp.), Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and snakeheads (Channa spp.)
- Fresh or chilled fillets of tilapia (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus), eels (Anguilla spp.), Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and snakeheads (Channa spp.)
- 0305 — Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; flours, meals and pellets of fish, fit for human consumption
- Fish fillets, dried, salted or in brine, but not smoked
- 0305 31 00 — Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus), eels (Anguilla spp.), Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and snakeheads (Channa spp.)
- Smoked fish, including fillets, other than edible fish offal
- Fish, salted but not dried or smoked and fish in brine, other than edible fish offal
- 0305 64 00 — Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus), eels (Anguilla spp.), Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and snakeheads (Channa spp.)
- Fish fillets, dried, salted or in brine, but not smoked
- 0301 — Live fish
- 03 — CHAPTER 3 - FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES
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