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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Cichlidae (Cichlids) > Pseudocrenilabrinae
Etymology: Tilapia: Bechuana, African native thiape = fish (Ref. 45335); pra: The specific name refers both to the Akan word "pra" (river) of the Kwa language family spoken in Ghana and to the River Pra, from which drainage the holotype was collected; it also refers to the riverine distribution as compared to the lacustrine distribution of its apparent sister taxon Tilapia busumana; a noun in apposition (Ref. 84667).

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Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical, preferred ?

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Africa: Pra, Ankobra, Tano and Bia Rivers in southwestern Ghana and southeastern Cote d'Ivoire (Ref. 84667).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 84667)

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Dorsal spines (total): 14 - 16; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-12; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8 - 10

In the Anum River (5-20 m wide and about 1-2 m deep) near Anumso village, specimens were mostly found over sandy or muddy substrate; in Ankobra (Draw) drainage, samples were collected in moderately turbid water in deeper places (about 1-2 m depth) of medium-sized rivers (Ref. 84667).

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Dunz, A.R. and U.K. Schliewen, 2010. Description of a new species of Tilapia Smith, 1840 (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Ghana. Zootaxa 2548:1-21. (Ref. 84667)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805): PD₅₀ = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278): 2.3 ±0.2 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (17 of 100) .

Tilapia pra Dunz & Schliewen, 2010