- genus Tilapia
- nouna genus of Cichlidae• Syn: ↑Tilapia• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Cichlidae, ↑family Cichlidae
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genus Tilapia
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Tilapia buttikoferi — Taxobox name = Zebra Tilapia image width = 240px image caption = A Zebra Tilapia in an aquarium regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Perciformes familia = Cichlidae genus = Tilapia species = T. buttikoferi binomial … Wikipedia
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Tilapia bemini — Taxobox name = Tilapia bemini status = VU | status system = IUCN2.3 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Perciformes familia = Cichlidae genus = Tilapia species = T. bemini binomial = Tilapia bemini binomial… … Wikipedia
