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Longfin tilapia

Oreochromis macrochir

Where to fish

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Local names

A name can refer to different fish in different places.

NameRegionSource
CarpeGabon · FrenchReference
CichlidGhanaReference
Congo breamZambiaReference
Greenhead breamUnited StatesReference
Greenhead tilapiaNamibiaReference
Greenhead tilapiaSouth AfricaReference
Greenhead tilapiaZimbabweReference
Greenhead tilapiaUnited StatesReference
Greenhead tilapiaZambiaReference
Green-head tilapiaNamibiaReference
Green-headed breamZambiaReference
Groenkop-tilapiaNamibia · AfrikaansReference
Groenkop-tilapiaSouth Africa · AfrikaansReference
ImuNamibia · AfrikaansReference
Longfin tilapiaKenyaReference
Longfin tilapiaRwandaReference
Longfin tilapiaUnited StatesReference
Longfin tilapiaGlobalReference
Mango fishGhanaReference

Seasons

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Regulations and identification

Source records

Country occurrence records

Angola · Botswana · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cameroon · Centr. Af. Rp. · Egypt · Gabon · Ghana · Hawaii · Israel · Ivory coast · Kenya · Liberia · Madagascar · Mauritius · Namibia · Rwanda · Sudan (North) · Togo · Wallis Futuna · Zambia · Zimbabwe

A country record does not establish local abundance, fishing access or a legal target.