Record details

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:   1321
Province:   Ngamiland
Country:   Botswana
Locus:   1923CD
Observer:   du Plessis D
Date of record:   2019-05-25
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Eaten by locals, sold as "Okavango Bream"
Last updated:   2020-04-07 11:44:28
Sp. code:   730047
Species name:   FAMILY Cichlidae
Common name:   Unidentified Cichlidae
Family:   Cichlidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Tilapia ruweti
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-1321
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Carl Huchzermeyer
Comment:   Unfortunately not much we can do with that! Likely an Oreochromis, but with farmed tilapia also being imported from far afield (even China), difficult to say!
Date:   2020-04-07 09:44:28
Species name:   FAMILY Cichlidae -- Unidentified Cichlidae
Species code:   730047

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