Tilapia mariae, or the Tiger Tilapia, is a large Cichlid from the Niger basin. The body is yellow to beige, with several large dark spots running from the gill cover to the caudal penduncle. These spots start out as verticle stripes in juveniles.
fasciatus, Tilapia mariae and T. zilli) along with Brycinus longipinnis and Aphyosemion species [2]. The species is prey for a number of rheophilic predators including Hepsetus odoe, Hydrocynus forskahlii and Lates niloticus (Nile perch).
zebra cichlid = Tilapia mariae
Red Devils = Cichlasoma labiatum
black belts = Cichlasoma maculicauda
green terrors = Aequidens rivulatus
blue/opaline/gold/platinum gourami = Trichogaster trichopterus ...
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