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International Introductions of
Oreochromis niloticus Introductions as compiled by FAO |
| Main Ref: | FAO 1997 | ||||
| To: | Mexico | ||||
| FAO area: | America, North - Inland waters | ||||
| From: | Africa | ||||
| FAO area: | Africa-Inland Waters | ||||
| Year: | 1964 | ||||
| Range: | - | ||||
| Period: | 1950-1974 | ||||
| Established in the wild: | established, natural reproduction | ||||
| Established in aquaculture: | - widely used | natural reproduction | |||
| Significant ecological interactions: | some - adverse | ||||
| Significant socio-economic effects: | some - beneficial | ||||
| Introduced by: | government | ||||
| Reason: | aquaculture | ||||
| Other reason: | fisheries | ||||
| Comments: | Reintroduced in 1978. Has caused the displacement of endemic species, due to the annual production, provoking over-population and manism (dwarfism) (Ref. 13686). The monogean Cichlidogyrus sclerosus an African helminth has been found from tilapia in southern Mexico, a hitchhiker from the introduction of the species (Ref. 48731). Also Ref. 74657. Ref: FAO, 1997 | ||||
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