Oreochromis Niloticus

The Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus is a relatively large cichlid fish native to Africa from Egypt south to East and Central Africa, and as far west as Gambia. It is also native to Israel, and numerous introduced populations exist outside its natural range (e.g. Brazil).

It is also commercially known as mango fish, Nilotica or boulti. The first name leads to easy confusion with another tilapia that is traded commercially, the mango tilapia (Sarotherodon galilaeus).