Biblio Entry Summary for Oreochromis mortimeri
 
Citation Munro, J.L., 1967, The food of a community of East African freshwater fishes.. J. Zool., Lond. 151:389-415.
Ref. 42743 Munro, J.L., 1967
Page 407
Named Used as Valid Tilapia mossambica
Comment Species is O. mortimeri (Ref. 5166, 54096).
Locality Lake McIlwaine, Zimbabwe
Distribution Lake McIlwaine, Zimbabwe
Quote "Dr. J.L. Munro, formerly Fishery Research Officer on Lake McIlwaine, a reservoir on R. Hunyani, a southern tributary of the Middle Zambezi, informs me that the "T. mossambica" present there is the indigenous one, and that the male is never black, but becomes dark olive-green. This too must be O. mortimeri" (Quote from Ref. 54096).
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