Nile tilapia

Nile tilapia
	Wild type above,; aquacultured type (likely of hybrid origin) below
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Oreochromis
Species:	O. niloticus
Binomial name
	Oreochromis niloticus; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Tilapia crassispina Arambourg, 1948; Perca nilotica Linnaeus, 1758; Chromis nilotica (Linnaeus, 1758); Chromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758); Oreochromis nilotica (Linnaeus, 1758); Oreochromis niloticus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758); Sarotherodon niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758); Tilapia nilotica (Linnaeus, 1758); Tilapia nilotica nilotica (Linnaeus, 1758); Chromis guentheri Steindachner, 1864; Tilapia eduardiana Boulenger, 1912; Oreochromis niloticus eduardianus (Boulenger, 1912); Tilapia nilotica eduardiana Boulenger, 1912; Tilapia cancellata Nichols, 1923; Oreochromis cancellatus cancellatus (Nichols, 1923); Oreochromis niloticus cancellatus (Nichols, 1923); Tilapia nilotica cancellata Nichols, 1923; Tilapia calciati Gianferrari, 1924; Tilapia regani Poll, 1932; Tilapia nilotica regani Poll, 1932; Tilapia inducta Trewavas, 1933; Tilapia vulcani Trewavas, 1933; Oreochromis niloticus vulcani (Trewavas, 1933); Oreochromis vulcani (Trewavas, 1933); Oreochromis niloticus baringoensis Trewavas, 1983; Oreochromis niloticus filoa Trewavas, 1983; Oreochromis cancellatus filoa Trewavas, 1983; Oreochromis niloticus sugutae Trewavas, 1983; Oreochromis niloticus tana Seyoum & Kornfield, 1992;

The Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is a species of tilapia, a cichlid fish native to parts of Africa and the Levant, particularly Israel and Lebanon. Numerous introduced populations exist outside its natural range. It is also commercially known as mango fish (not to be confused with mango tilapia, or Sarotherodon galilaeus), nilotica, or boulti.

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