Specimen ID | 165631 |
Group | Fishes |
Genus | Oreochromis |
Species | macrochir |
Common Name | longfin tilapia |
State | HI |
County | Maui |
Locality | island of Maui |
Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
HUC8 Name | Maui |
HUC8 Number | 20020000 |
HUC10 Number | 2002000006 |
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Collection Year | 2005 |
Year Accuracy | Publication Year |
Potential Pathway | released aquarium |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 14969 |
Author: | Mundy, B.C. |
Date: | 2005 |
Title: | Checklist of the fishes of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Bishop Museum Bulletin in Zoology 6 |
Publisher: | Bishop Museum Press |
Pages: | 704 pp |
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Comments | Introduced from Zaire to reservoirs on Oahu and Maui in 1957-1959. Established in reservoirs on Hawaii Island, Maui and Oahu. Abundant in Wahiawa Reservoir (Lake Wilson). Hybrids of O. machrochir and other tilapiines occur at least in the Nu'uanu Reservoirs of Oahu. |
Record Type | Literature |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |