Specimen ID | 166596 |
Group | Fishes |
Genus | Oreochromis |
Species | mossambicus |
Common Name | Mozambique Tilapia |
State | AL |
County | Crenshaw |
Locality | Crenshaw County Public Lake, near Luverne |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Patsaliga |
HUC8 Number | 03140302 |
HUC10 Name | Upper Patsaliga Creek |
HUC10 Number | 0314030204 |
HUC12 Name | Beaver Branch |
HUC12 Number | 031403020404 |
Map | |
Collection Year | 1965 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | stocked for biocontrol | stocked for sport |
Status | failed |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 1170 |
Author: | Habel, M.L. |
Date: | 1975 |
Title: | Overwintering of the cichlid, Tilapia aurea, produces fourteen tons of harvestable size fish in a south Alabama bass-bluegill public fishing lake. |
Journal: | Progressive Fish-Culturist |
Volume: | 37 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 31-32 |
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Comments | Tilapia stocked annually from 1962-1973. All fish died during the winter of 1972-73. |
Record Type | Literature |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Number Stocked | 55,300 |
Size | 2-5 inches |