Tilapia originally refers to the mouth-brooding non-crucian carp species with Mozambique as the model origin. It is now the species of several fish genera such as the genus Cichlididae and the genus mouth-brooding non-crucian carp.** *Same as common name.

Tilapia species: 1. Nile tilapia: native to eastern Africa, Jordan and other places. It has the advantages of fast growth, miscellaneous feeding habits, low oxygen tolerance, large size, high yield and high fatness. Therefore, it can be raised alone or used as hybrid broodstock in many areas of my country.

2. Olea tilapia: native to the lower reaches of the Nile River in West Africa and Israel. Olea tilapia is cold-resistant, salt-tolerant, hypoxia-tolerant, and has a higher catch rate than Nile tilapia; in particular, their sex chromosomes are ZW type, and hybridization with Nile tilapia can produce all-male tilapia. , so it is often used as the male parent for hybridization with Nile tilapia.

3. Mozambique tilapia: native to Mozambique Natal and other places in Africa. Due to the neglect of purification and breeding during the introduction process, the species was degenerated and was only used as the female parent of the lucky fish hybrid fish.

4. Red tilapia: It is the mutant interspecific hybrid between Nile tilapia and Mozambique tilapia.

5. Oreochromis tilapia: a hybrid of Olea tilapia male and Nile tilapia female.

6. Lucky fish: a hybrid of female Mozambique tilapia and male Nile tilapia.