Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758)


Maximum recorded size:
60.0 cm SL (male)

Specimens

Specimen n°Collection n°Collection nameLocality (Country) SizeSexNumber of photos
59MRAC-90-039-P-23Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-AfrikaPodor (Senegal) 17.0 cm (SL)
21.0 cm (TL)
Unknown sex32

Geographical areas
where this species is found

Name of the geographical area (environment) Maximum recorded size of species
Pacific ocean (saltwater) No data
Southwest chilean waters (saltwater) No data
Gulf of california (saltwater) No data
Humboldt's current (saltwater) No data
Pacific Central-American Coastal (saltwater) No data
Neartic (freshwater) No data
Neotropical (freshwater) No data
Paleartic (freshwater) No data
Acheloos (freshwater) No data
Benue River (freshwater) No data
Bia (freshwater) No data
Cess (freshwater) No data
Chad (freshwater) No data
Chiku River (freshwater) No data
Comoé (freshwater) No data
Congo (freshwater) No data
Cross (freshwater) No data
Da River (freshwater) No data
Ébrié Lagoon (brackish) No data
Ethiopian (freshwater) No data
Gambia (freshwater) No data
Kainji Lake (freshwater) No data
Kaoping River (freshwater) No data
Kariba (freshwater) No data
Kivu (freshwater) No data
Laguna de Bay (freshwater) No data
Lake Turkana (freshwater) No data
Lanao (freshwater) No data
Magdalena (freshwater) No data
Mainit (freshwater) No data
Mekong (freshwater) No data
Nakdong (freshwater) No data
Naujan (freshwater) No data
Niger (freshwater) No data
Nile (freshwater) No data
Oriental (freshwater) No data
Pra (freshwater) No data
Senegal (freshwater) No data
Taal Lake (freshwater) No data
Tana River (freshwater) No data
Tanganyika (freshwater) No data
Tigris (freshwater) No data
Toba (freshwater) No data
Uruguay (freshwater) No data
Victoria (freshwater) No data
Volta (freshwater) No data
Yili River (freshwater) No data

Anatomical structures available
for this species

Bone nameNumber of photos
premaxillary3
maxillary5
dentary3
articular3
quadrate4
hyomandibular2
opercle2
precaudal vertebra 12
precaudal vertebra 52
caudal vertebra 12
preural vertebra 62
urostyle2