Tilapia

Hui, Tan Heok, Peng, Kelvin Lim Kok, Huan, Liew Jia, Wei, Low Bi, Hing, Rayson Lim Bock, Beng, Jeffrey Kwik Teik & Yeo, Darren C. J., 2020, The non-native freshwater fishes of Singapore: an annotated compilation, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 68, pp. 150-195 : 182

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https://doi.org/ 10.26107/RBZ-2020-0016

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scientific name

Tilapia
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Red Tilapia View in CoL View at ENA

( Fig. 106 View Fig [SPC])

References. Lim & Ng, 1990; Munro, 1990; Lim & Ng, 1992 (as Oreochromis spp. Hybrid); Goh et al., 2002 (as Tilapia View in CoL hybrid); Tan, 2014a (as Oreochromis View in CoL hybrid); Tan & Koh, 2017 (as Oreochromis sp. ).

Distribution. Pulau Ubin HDB quarry ( Lim & Ng, 1992); West Coast Park marsh pond ( Tan, 2014a), Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve (Tan & Koh, 2017); Yew Tee canal (Tan HH, pers. obs., 2016); Bishan Park (Andre, pers. obs., October 2016).

Remarks. This supposedly sterile hybrid of three species is brightly coloured (pink, orange or platinum) and frequently used for aquaculture ( Lim & Ng, 1990; Tan & Koh, 2017). The juvenile individuals of this species are commonly sold as live feed in the ornamental fish trade (Tan HH, pers. obs.).

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