Freshwater
Magadi tilapia
Oreochromis grahami
Cichlidae, Pseudocrenilabrinae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 20 cm
- Body shape
- Deep-bodied
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 192 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
More about the species
Description
Occur at temperatures ranging from 16.0-40.0 °C. Feed actively in the evening. Young O. alcalicus grahami eat eggs as they are shed by the female, and much of the time and energy of the territorial male is occupied in driving them off. Feed on invertebrates, at the surface.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Alcolapia alcalicus grahami
- Alcolapia grahami
- Oreochromis alcalicus grahami
- Sarotherodon alcalicus grahami
- Tilapia grahami
- Tilapia mossambica
In other languages
- Alcolapia grahami
- Madagi-mundruger
- Graham's cichlid, Lake Magadi tilapia
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