FreshwaterBrackish
Mango tilapia
Sarotherodon galilaeus
Cichlidae, Pseudocrenilabrinae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 39.5 cm
- Body shape
- Deep-bodied
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 1,408 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
Found only hereNativeIntroduced
Lives wild in Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo - Brazzaville, Congo - Kinshasa, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, and 19 more countries.
Introduced to Gabon, Iraq, and Oman.
More about the species
Description
Has been known to occur at 9°C; occasionally form schools; territorial. Adults prefer open waters but juveniles and breeding adults are found inshore. Often associated with beds of submerged vegetation in Sudd lakes; feed on algae and fine organic debris; bi-parental mouthbrooder. Lacks marked sexual dichromatism when sexually active; forms temporary pair bonds. Maximum size recorded at 41.0 cm TL.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Chromis galilaeus
- Chromis lateralis
- Chromis microstomus
- Chromis multifasciatus
- Chromis niloticus
- Chromis pleuromelas
In other languages
- Galileaciklide
- Galileantilapia
- Galilaea tilapia, St. Peter's fish, Tilapia
Articles
All articles
How to set up an African aquarium5 min read
Two completely different aquariums: forest rivers with soft, brown water, roots and leaves, and Rift Valley lake cichlids in hard, alkaline water with big rock piles.
How to set up an Asian aquarium5 min read
Two aquariums from Southeast Asia: calm forest streams and peat swamps with soft, brown water, and fast mountain streams with cool, oxygen-rich water.
How to add new fish4 min read
From the store to the tank: how to get the fish used to your water, why you should add only a few at a time, and what to watch for in the first few days.
Quarantine for new fish3 min read
Why new fish should live in a tank of their own for a few weeks before they move in, what you need, and what to look for.