Species profile—Tilapia mariae (spotted tilapia)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) → Cichlidae (cichlids) → Tilapia mariae (spotted tilapia)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
- Family
- Cichlidae (cichlids)
- Scientific name
- Tilapia mariae Boulenger, 1899
- Common name
- spotted tilapia
- WildNet taxon ID
- 26939
- Alternate name(s)
- black mangrove cichlid
Niger cichlid
Niger tilapia
tilapia - Biosecurity Act 2014 (BIO) status
- Restricted Matter
- Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Dependant Species
- Endemicity
- Introduced
- Pest status
- Feral Animal
- Species environment
- Aquatic
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=26939
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.