Global InformationOreochromis placidus information
| Oreochromis placidus | |
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Conservation status
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 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Oreochromis |
| Species: | O. placidus
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| Binomial name | |
| Oreochromis placidus Trewavas, 1941
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The black tilapia (Oreochromis placidus) is a freshwater species of fish of the genus Oreochromis, found in the wide region of Southern Africa. It is a edible tropical fish.[2]
- ^ "Reference Summary - IUCN, 2022". fishbase.mnhn.fr. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
- ^ Eissa, Alaa Eldin; Attia, Marwa M.; El Zlitne, Rabia A.; Magdy, Ayad A.; Edrees, Asmaa; Sharaf, Mahmoud S.; Mahmoud, Abeer E.; Abdelbaky, Awad A.; Abd ElMaged, Rehab R.; Ismael, Elshaimaa; Qorany, Rehab A.; El Moghazi, Doaa F.; Prince, Abdelbary; Afiffy, Emad A.; El Behiri, Said; Younis, Nehal A. (22 November 2023). "The puzzling etiologies of transient black discoloration in Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) intensively cultured under RAS system". Aquaculture International. doi:10.1007/s10499-023-01328-9. ISSN 1573-143X. Retrieved 3 December 2023.