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FishMAP:   907
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3321CC
Observer:   Malherbe Jana; Jana Malherbe
Date of record:   2017-02-08
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Please help to id? There is defnitely bass and carp in the dam. but not sure if this is juvenile of them or maybe something else? size from 1cm - 3cm
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   756210
Species name:   Tilapia sparrmanii
Common name:  
Family:   Cichlidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Bass, carp or Tilapia
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=FishMAP-907
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 907 - photo: 1
VM-number: 907 - photo: 2
VM-number: 907 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Carl Huchzermeyer
Comment:   Banded tilapia/vlei kurper, a common small fish of wetlands, streams and dams. Not native to the Western Cape
Date:   2020-04-16 09:57:52
Species name:   Tilapia sparrmanii
Species code:   756210

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