Kingdom Animalia Superclass Osteichthyes Family Cichlidae Scientific name Oreochromis urolepis Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Perciformes Subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae Higher classification Oreochromis | |
Similar Oreochromis urolepis hornorum, Oreochromis, Cichlid, Oreochromis jipe, Perciformes | ||
The Wami tilapia, Oreochromis urolepis, is a tilapiine cichlid native to African countries, but now found in many countries due to its food fish.
Males of this species reach 44.0 cm (17.3 in) in SL. It is a freshwater, and brackish benthopelagic species of tilapis, which has high value as a food, and also as an aquarium fish
There are two subspecies, that are geographically separated.They are;
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