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Christian Schwarz, license: CC BY-NC 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Cichliformes
Family:
Cichlidae
Subfamily:
Pseudocrenilabrinae
Genus:
Oreochromis
Species:
mossambicus
Common:
Mozambique tilapia
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Freshwater
Brackish water
Map of Known Habitats
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Regions:
Africa - Inland Waters
Asia - Inland Waters
Europe - Inland Waters
North America - Inland Waters
South America - Inland Waters
Oceania - Inland Waters
Description
Sound Name: Drum
Citable References
Amorim et al. (2003)
Amorim and Almada (2005)
Sound Name: Unnamed
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML116611)
Lanzing, W. J. R., Higginbotham, D. R. 1976. Scanning Microscopy of Pharyngeal and Oral Teeth of the Teleost Tilapia mossambica (Peters). Hydrobiologia, 48(2): 137-139.
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Species Identified
Sound Detected
Active
Passive Feeding
Other Passive
Morphophysiological
Auditory
Visual
Lanzing, W. J. R. 1974. Sound Production in the Cichlid Tilapia mossambica Peters. Journal of Fish Biology, 6(4): 341-347.
Hirata, N. R., Fernald, R. D. 1975. Non-intentional Sound Production in a Cichlid Fish (Haplochromis burtoni, Günther). Experientia, 31(3): 299-300.
Amorim, M. C. P., Fonseca, P. J., Almada, V. C. 2003. Sound Production during Courtship and Spawning of Oreochromis mossambicus: Male-Female and Male-Male interactions. Journal of Fish Biology, 62(3): 658-672.
Wackermannova, M. A., Horky, P., Amorim, M. C. P., Fonseca, P. J. 2017. Computer-Manipulated Stimuli as a Research Tool in Mozambique Tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus. Acta Ethologica, 20(2): 85-94.
Nikol'skii, I. D. 1983. Prespawning Acoustic Activity in the Behavior of Certain Cichlids (Cichlidae, Pisces). Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, Biologiya, 38(3): 29-31.
Amorim, M. C. P., Almada, V. C. 2005. The Outcome of Male-Male Encounters Affects Subsequent Sound Production during Courtship in the Cichlid Fish Oreochromis mossambicus. Animal Behaviour, 69(3): 595-601.