Oreochromis andersonii

Oreochromis andersonii, the three-spotted tilapia, threespot tilapia, or threespot bream, is a species of cichlid native to Africa, where it is found in rivers and swamps in the southern half of the continent. This species reaches a length of 61 cm (24 in). It is important to local commercial fisheries, as well as being commercially farmed. It is also popular as a gamefish.[2] The identity of the person honoured in the specific name of this fish is not known but it is though most likely to be the Swedish explorer and hunter Charles John Andersson (1827-1867) who explored much of Namibia where the type was collected.[3]

Oreochromis andersonii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Oreochromis
Species:
O. andersonii
Binomial name
Oreochromis andersonii
(Castelnau, 1861)
Synonyms
  • Chromys andersonii Castelnau, 1861
  • Sarotherodon andersonii (Castelnau, 1861)
  • Tilapia andersonii (Castelnau, 1861)
  • Tilapia kafuensis Boulenger, 1912

References
  1. D. Tweddle & Marshall, B.E. (2007). "Oreochromis andersonii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T60623A12385801. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T60623A12385801.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Oreochromis andersonii" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (4 December 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (l-o)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
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