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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: Unnamed
Citable References
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab (ML116611)
Sound Name: Drum
Amorim and Almada (2005)
Amorim et al. (2003)
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.
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Sound Detected
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Passive Feeding
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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.
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.
Lanzing, W. J. R. 1974. Sound Production in the Cichlid Tilapia mossambica Peters. Journal of Fish Biology, 6(4): 341-347.
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.