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The Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is a species of tilapia, a 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 traded commercially, the mango tilapia (Sarotherodon galilaeu

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1. (c) Germano Roberto Schüür, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Til%C3%A1pia_ou_Sarotherodon_niloticus_2.jpg
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oreochromis_niloticus

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