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Cichlidae
Schwebisch's Tilapia
Oreochromis schwebischi
Fish Carrying Eggs in Mouth from the Congo Basin
- Tropical
- Coastal
- Lower river
- Local endemic species
- Restricted distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Deep-bodied
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Restricted distribution
Freshwater fish
Deep-bodied
MediumSchwebisch's Tilapia is a freshwater fish found around Africa. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 30 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cichlids and Allies
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Genus
- Oreochromis
- Maximum length
- 30 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Africa: present in the basins of the Ogooué, Nyanga, Kouilou-Niari and Chiloango, Gabon to Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 2 , 81260 ). Reports from Gambia and Senegal (Ref. 3538 ) and Guinea (4517) are doubtful and need confirmation (see Ref. 2 , 81260 ). Also reported from the Cuanza (Angolan coastal) and the southern Congo River basin in Angola (Ref. 120641 ) but considered a Lower Guinea endemic in Ref. 81260 ; needs confirmation.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
