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Scientific Name Tilapia busumana  (Günther, 1903)
Common Name
Type Locality Lake Busum-chi [Bosumtwi], Ghana.
Etymology Tilapia: Bechuana, African native thiape meaning fish. 
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Size 180mm or 7.1" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution Africa: Bia, Tano and Pra basins in southeast Côte d"Ivoire and southwest Ghana and Lake Bosumtwi also in Ghana.
African Waters, Bia (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Tano (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Pra (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Lake Bosumtwi (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020.
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1902, v. 2 (pt 2) (art. 3) (for 18 Nov. 1902), pp 333, Pl. 30.
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Last Update 2019 Oct 13 03:48 (species record created: 2010 Dec 17 06:32)