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Longfin tilapia

Oreochromis macrochir (Boulenger, 1912)

Status not recordedbony fish

The longfin tilapia (Oreochromis macrochir) is a species in the family Cichlidae, order Cichliformes.

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Quick facts about the longfin tilapia

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 longfin tilapia live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the longfin tilapia as introduced in 20 countries.

  1. Brazil
  2. Burkina Faso
  3. Burundi
  4. Cameroon
  5. Central African Republic
  6. Congo - Kinshasa
  7. Côte d’Ivoire
  8. Egypt
  9. Eswatini
  10. Gabon
  11. Ghana
  12. Kenya
  13. Liberia
  14. Mauritius
  15. Rwanda
  16. Sudan
  17. Tanzania
  18. Togo
  19. Wallis & Futuna
  20. Zambia

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 longfin tilapia 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 longfin tilapia classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCichliformes
  5. familyCichlidae
  6. genusOreochromis
  7. SpeciesOreochromis macrochir (Boulenger, 1912)

Synonyms Chromis chapmanii, Chromys acora chapmani, Chromys acora chapmanii, Chromys acora chapmannii, Chromys chapmani, Chromys chapmanii, Chromys chapmannii, Loruwiala macrochir, Oreochromis macrochir macrochir, Oreochromis microchir, Sarotherodon macrochir, Sarotherodon macrochirus, Tilapia alleni, Tilapia intermedia, Tilapia macrocheir, Tilapia macrochir, Tilapia sheshekensis

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Greenhead tilapiaEnglish
  • Greenheaded breamEnglish
  • Groenkop-kurperAfrikaans
  • PaleBemba
  • tummatilapiaFinnish
  • TlhapiTswana

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the longfin tilapia

Other species in the same genus Oreochromis.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the longfin tilapia an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the longfin tilapia as introduced in 20 countries, including Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon and Central African Republic, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the longfin tilapia?

The longfin tilapia (Oreochromis macrochir) 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). Longfin tilapia (Oreochromis macrochir). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/longfin-tilapia

MLA

“Longfin tilapia (Oreochromis macrochir).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/longfin-tilapia.

BibTeX
@misc{longfin_tilapia_2026,
  title = {Longfin tilapia (Oreochromis macrochir)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/longfin-tilapia},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}