Fauna - Vertebrates
Tilapia, Mlawula
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Mozambique tilapia

Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852)

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Swaziland Red Data Status: Abundant
Southern African Red Data Status:
International Red Data Status: Near Threatened 2007 IUCN Red List
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Comments: Widespread. Recorded from all river systems in the country both currently and by Clay (1976). Not common in the highveld. (Hyslop, 1994)

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 99 records, from 1967/07/31 to 2019/10/08

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