Species FAO code: TLR

Tilapia rendalli

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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	–
Ireland	en Redbreast tilapia	–
Lithuania	lt raudonpilvė tilapija [Coptodon rendalli synonym for Tilapia rendalli]	–
Luxembourg	de Tialpia de Buntbarsch fr Tilapia du Nil	–
Portugal	pt Tilapia	–
Sweden	sv Rödbröstad tilapia	–

Main production methods

Caught
Farmed

Main fishing gears

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger, 1897)

Habitat

Freshwater
Brackish water

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger, 1897)

Scientific name

Tilapia rendalli

Author

(Boulenger, 1897)

Rank

Species

FAO code

TLR

Morphological description

Head and body mid to dark olive-green dorsally, paling over the flanks. Body usually with vertical bars only and scales with a dark basal crescent. Dorsal fin olive-green with a thin red margin and white to grey dark oblique spots on the soft rays; caudal fin spotted on dorsal half and red or yellow on ventral half (Ref. 4967, 34290).

Taxonomic classification

ClassActinopterygii
- OrderPerciformes
  - FamilyCichlidae
    - GenusTilapia
      - SpeciesTilapia rendalli

Synonyms

Tilapia mackeani Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917
Tilapia kirkhami Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917
Tilapia rendalli gefuensis Thys van den Audenaerde, 1964
Tilapia rendalli swierstrae Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917
Tilapia rendallis (Boulenger, 1897)
Chromis rendallii Boulenger, 1897
Tilapia druryi Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917
Tilapia rendalii (Boulenger, 1897)
Tilapia melanopleura swierstrae Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917
Tilapia swierstrae Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917
Tilapia gefuensis Thys van den Audenaerde, 1964
Tilapia sykesii Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917
Tilapia latifrons Boulenger, 1906
Tilapia rendalli rendalli (Boulenger, 1897)
Tilapia christyi Boulenger, 1915
Tilapia melanopleura rendalli (Boulenger, 1897)
Tilapia sexfasciata Pellegrin, 1900
Chromis rendalli Boulenger, 1897
Coptodon rendalli (Boulenger, 1897)

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Tilapia rendalli (Boulenger, 1897)

An annually revised goods classification scheme used in EU for the purposes of customs duty and foreign trade statistics. The scheme is based on the Harmonized System nomenclature, further extended with Community subdivisions. Each subdivision is identified by an eight-digit numerical code. Read more: Combined Nomenclature

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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Tilapia rendalli

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Main fishing gears

Gillnets and similar nets

Hooks and lines

Seines

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 1 - Africa - Inland waters

Area 2 - America, North - Inland waters

Area 3 - America, South - Inland waters

Area 34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central

Area 4 - Asia - Inland waters

Area 6 - Oceania - Inland waters