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Banded bream

Tilapia sparrmanii Smith, 1840

Status not recordedbony fish

The banded bream (Tilapia sparrmanii) is a species in the family Cichlidae, order Cichliformes.

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Quick facts about the banded bream

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the banded bream live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the banded bream as introduced in 2 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Madagascarinvasive
  2. Tanzania

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the banded bream endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the banded bream classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCichliformes
  5. familyCichlidae
  6. genusTilapia
  7. SpeciesTilapia sparrmanii Smith, 1840

Synonyms Chromis sparrmanii, Chromis sparrmanni, Chromys moffatii, Chromys sparmanni, Tilapia deschauenseei, Tilapia fouloni, Tilapia ovalis, Tilapia sparmani, Tilapia sparmanii, Tilapia sparmanni, Tilapia sparrmani, Tilapia sparrmanni

Other names and names in other languages (14)
  • Banded tilapiaEnglish
  • Sparrman's breamEnglish
  • Vlei-tilapiaAfrikaans
  • Thundwacjk
  • Sparrmans TilapiaGerman
  • vihertilapiaFinnish
  • SituhuLozi
  • Tilápia-da-savanaPortuguese
  • ThlapeTswana
  • Vleikurperroot
  • TshikweaVenda
  • Tsha wambacjk
  • PirabaganaTswana
  • TlhapiTswana

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the banded bream

Other species in the same genus Tilapia.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the banded bream an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the banded bream as invasive in 1 country: Madagascar. It lists it as introduced in 2 in all.

What kind of animal is the banded bream?

The banded bream (Tilapia sparrmanii) belongs to the family Cichlidae in the order Cichliformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Banded bream (Tilapia sparrmanii). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/banded-bream

MLA

“Banded bream (Tilapia sparrmanii).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/banded-bream.

BibTeX
@misc{banded_bream_2026,
  title = {Banded bream (Tilapia sparrmanii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/banded-bream},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}