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Non-breeding individuals are dark olive on top and light olive to yellow-brown on the sides, often with an allochrous blue sheen. The chest is pinkish and lips are bright green. Breeding individuals are shiny dark green on the top and sides, red and black on the throat and belly, and have obvious vertical bands on the sides. Six to seven dark vertical bars cross two horizontal stripes on the body and caudal peduncle. Fins are olivaceous. They are covered in yellow spots with the dorsal and anal fins displaying an outline of a thin orange band. Caudal fins are often grey with pale interstices and dots covering the entire fin. Redbelly tilapia usually weigh 300 g and can be up to 40 cm in length with a total of 13 to 16 dorsal spines. Adults show a black spot outlined in yellow. Redbelly tilapia individuals that are from 2 to 14 cm standard length (SL) have an entirely yellow to grey caudal fin with no dots, developing a greyish caudal fin with dots with increasing size (Williams and Bonner, 2008, Froese and Pauly, 2014).

Related crop

  • Olea europaea

Related invasive species

  • Black spot

Related Farm Practice

  • Light
  • Breeding
Has Cabi datasheet ID
61147
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