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Scientific Name Tilapia ruweti  (Poll & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1965)
Common Name Okavango Tilapia
Type Locality Lufira River at Mwandingusha, Congo River basin.
Etymology Tilapia: Bechuana, African native thiape meaning fish. 
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Size 104mm or 4.1" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution Africa: Swampy high plateaus of the Congo-Zambezi watershed. Also known from the Okavango delta. Reported from Zimbabwe.
African Waters, Congo (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Zambesi (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Okavango (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 2009.
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines v. 72 (nos 3-4), pp 323, Fig. 1
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Last Update 2013 Aug 03 08:50 (species record created: 2010 Dec 17 06:43)