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Africa: middle and lower courses of coastal rivers from Guinea-Bissau (Geba and Corubal Rivers) to Liberia (Cess River)(Ref. 53405). Possibly also present in Côte d'Ivoire (Ref. 272).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm? range ? - ? cm Max length : 24.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7378)
Dorsalspines (total): 15 - 17; Dorsalsoft rays (total): 11 - 14; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 8 - 10. Diagnosis: body oblong (body depth 32.0-46.1% SL); outer teeth on jaws bicuspid and spatulated; micro-gillrakers present; transversal bands on the flanks (Ref. 53405).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.
Pair-bonding, open substratum spawner, with both parents guarding the brood; seems to breed throughout the year; development time of larvae, from deposition of eggs to free swimming stage, takes about 13 to 14 days (Ref. 52307).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Teugels, G.G. and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde, 1991. Tilapia. p. 482-508. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse, G.G. Teugels and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 4. (Ref. 5163)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
