Oreochromis jipe

Oreochromis jipe
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Oreochromis
Species:
O. jipe
Binomial name
Oreochromis jipe
(R. H. Lowe, 1955)
Synonyms
  • Tilapia jipe R. H. Lowe, 1955
  • Sarotherodon jipe (R. H. Lowe, 1955)
  • Tilapia girigan R. H. Lowe, 1955
  • Oreochromis pangani girigan (R. H. Lowe, 1955)
  • Sarotherodon girigan (R. H. Lowe, 1955)
  • Tilapia pangani R. H. Lowe, 1955
  • Oreochromis pangani (R. H. Lowe, 1955)
  • Oreochromis pangani pangani (R. H. Lowe, 1955)
  • Sarotherodon pangani (R. H. Lowe, 1955)

Oreochromis jipe, the Jipe tilapia, is a critically endangered species of cichlid fish native to Kenya and Tanzania, where it is restricted to Lake Jipe and the Pangani River.[1] The population in the Pangani River (including Ruva River) shows some morphological differences compared to the population in Lake Jipe, and it is sometimes recognized as a separate species, the Pangani tilapia (O. pangani).[2] Whether regarded as one or two species, the Jipe–Pangani tilapia forms a species flock with the threatened Lake Chala tilapia from the same general region of Kenya and Tanzania.[2][3]

This Pangani tilapia can reach a standard length of up to 50 cm (20 in). This species is important to local commercial fisheries.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Bayona, J.D.R. & Hanssens, M. (2006). "Oreochromis jipe". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60628A12388450. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60628A12388450.en.
  2. ^ a b Moser, F.N.; J.C. van Rijssel; B. Ngatunga; S. Mwaiko; O. Seehausen (2019). "The origin and future of an endangered crater lake endemic; phylogeography and ecology of Oreochromis hunteri and its invasive relatives". Hydrobiologia. 832 (1): 283–296. doi:10.1007/s10750-018-3780-z. S2CID 254552204.
  3. ^ Dieleman, J.; M. Muschick; W.D. Nyingi; D. Verschuren (2019). "Species integrity and origin of Oreochromis hunteri (Pisces: Cichlidae), endemic to crater Lake Chala (Kenya–Tanzania)". Hydrobiologia. 832 (1): 269–282. doi:10.1007/s10750-018-3570-7. S2CID 254540999.
  4. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oreochromis jipe". FishBase. September 2019 version.


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