| Specimen ID | 165636 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Oreochromis |
| Species | mossambicus |
| Common Name | Mozambique Tilapia |
| State | HI |
| County | Kauai |
| Locality | island of Kauai |
| Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
| HUC8 Name | Kauai |
| HUC8 Number | 20070000 |
| HUC10 Number | 2007000004 |
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| Collection Year | 2005 |
| Year Accuracy | Publication Year |
| Potential Pathway | stocked for food |
| 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 to the Hawaiian Islands from Singapore in 1951 and 1952. Established and abundant in reservoirs, lakes, ponds, streams, and littoral waters with freshwater influence on Hawaii Island, Maui, Molokai, Oahu and Kauai. Displaced in saline habitats by the more recently introduced Sarotherodon melanotheron. Red or orange varieties of O. mossambicus hybrids from aquaculture are marketed as Hawaiian sunfish or Hawaiian perch. |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
