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FishMAP:   1050
Province:   Niassa
Country:   Mozambique
Locus:   1337AD
Observer:   Walter Neser
Date of record:   2017-08-21
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-04-15 17:04:21
Sp. code:   755760
Species name:   Oreochromis shiranus
Common name:  
Family:   Cichlidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Chiclid
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=FishMAP-1050
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 1050 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Carl Huchzermeyer
Comment:   Any other photos of this catch? Likely some interesting fish there. The tilapia was a female mouthbrooding her eggs...an egg is visible at the mouth.
Date:   2020-04-15 14:08:40
Species name:   Oreochromis sp.
Species code:   730969
Comment number:   2
By:   Carl Huchzermeyer
Comment:   From Denis Tweddle: According to ET's (Ethelwynn Trewavas) book it is O. placidus ruvumae, but in fact genetics shows it is not related to placidus and is almost certainly synonymous with O. shiranus.
Date:   2020-04-15 15:04:21
Species name:   Oreochromis shiranus
Species code:   755760

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