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Blackchin tilapia (Sarotherodon melanotheron)
Subject: Blackchin tilapia (Sarotherodon melanotheron)
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Blackchin tilapia (Sarotherodon melanotheron)


Melanogenes macrocephalus
Subject: Cichlids, Melanogenes; Synonym of Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell 1852
Date 1863
BSource/Photographer Pieter Bleeker (1863) Memoire sur les Poissons de la Cote de Guinee, Natuurkundige Verhandlingen van de Hollandsche MaatschappiJ der Wetenschappen te Haarlem, v.18, 1863, Haarlem, Netherlands: De Erven Loosjes
Author Pieter Bleeker (1819–1878)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FMIB_45819_Melanogenes_macrocephalus.jpeg

The blackchin tilapia (Sarotherodon melanotheron) is a species of cichlid native to coastal west Africa. It is a paternal mouthbrooder which has been introduced to Asia and North America. The blackchin tilapia is able to tolerate high salinities and it can be found abundantly in mangrove areas and is able to move into freshwaters, such as the lower reaches of streams, and in to salt waters.

Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Sarotherodon
Species: Sarotherodon melanotheron (Rüppell, 1852)
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