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Loftus, W.F., and J.A. 1987. States with nonindigenous occurrences, the earliest and latest observations in each state, and the tally and names of Mozambique tilapia may impact native fishes through competition for food and/or space, or through secondary effects.

Taylor, and J.A. 1966. Mozambique tilapia will grow in water ranging from acidic (pH of 5) to alkaline (pH of 9). California Fish and Game 67(1):4-38. 1982. Distribution of exotic fishes in North America.

Jennings, and J.D. 1979. (2010) found that redspotted sunfish ( Because of its presence in Dade County, Florida, Courtenay (1989) indicated that the Mozambique tilapia may eventually enter Everglades National Park. The status and distribution of the freshwater fishes of southern California. The Peterson Field Guide Series, volume 42. However, the Mozambique tilapia reportedly does not survive temperatures below about 10°C (Talwar and Jhingran 1992). Courtenay, W.R., Jr., and C.R.

Montana State University, Bozeman, MT. Ogilvie, V.E. PLoS ONE 5(12):e14395. McAllister, and J.R. Stauffer, Jr. 1980 et seq.

North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. Juvenile tilapia, weighing about 8 g, were reared for 50 days with

Robins. Mozambique tilapia, (Oreochromis mossambicus), are a euryhaline teleost and an important biological model species. 1961. Management of nonindigenous aquatic fish in the U.S. National Park System. Introduced fishes in the San Luis Valley, Colorado. Bruton. Mozambique Tilapia have a white, mild-tasting flesh that easily appeals to consumers.

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Dill. 1978. An annotated checklist of freshwater fishes of Texas, with key to identification of species. Formerly considered locally established but no longer extant in Georgia, Montana, and North Carolina. Similar Species. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO. Heyne, T., B. Tribbey, M. Brooks, and J. Smith. 1981. Annotated list of introduced non-native fishes, mollusks, crustaceans and aquatic plants in Texas waters. Hensley, J.N. The fish were maintained at 24–26 °C under natural photoperiod and fed a commercial diet (Skretting, Tooele, UT). National Park Service. Tongnunui, S., and F.W.H. 1986. Hogg, R.G. The section is now dynamically updated from the NAS database to ensure that it contains the most current and accurate information. 1983. The Mozambique tilapia is also the most saline tolerant of the major farmed tilapia. Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database. 1990.

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Appendix I. For queries involving fish, please contact Tilapia (/ t ɪ ˈ l ɑː p i ə / tih-LAH-pee-ə) is the common name for nearly a hundred species of cichlid fish from the coelotilapine, coptodonine, heterotilapine, oreochromine, pelmatolapiine and tilapiine tribes (formerly all were in Tilapiini), with the economically most important species placed in Coptodonini and Oreochromini. Environmental Conservation 13:67-69. Atlas of North American freshwater fishes. 1992b.

St. Amant. The Progressive Fish-Culturist 48(3):161-167. Sexing [edit | edit source] Males are charcoal with a white lower face and red fin edgings, females are lighter grey. It is being provided to meet the need for timely best science. Occurrences are summarized in Table 1, alphabetically by state, with years of earliest and most recent observations, and the tally and names of drainages where the species was observed.

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Courtenay, W.R., Jr., D.A. 1991. Hubbs, C., R.J. Edwards, and G.P. 1988. Establishment of Howells, R.G.

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Randall, J.E. 1981. The varied diet of the Mozambique tilapia includes algae, plants, insect larvae and worms, enabling a given stretch of water to support more Mozambique tilapia … 1986. 2011). Moyle, P.B. Foundation for Research Development and Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Swift, C.C., T.R.