Oreochromis saka

Oreochromis saka is a species of cichlid fish that is endemic to Lake Malawi and Lake Malombe in East Africa where it inhabits relatively shallow coastal areas.[1][2] It can reach a standard length of 36 cm (14 in).[1] It is part of the subgenus Nyasalapia, which are known as chambo. The validity of this species is questionable and a taxonomic review recommended that it should be considered a synonym of O. karongae (the two only differ by pharyngeal bones and teeth).[3]

Oreochromis saka
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Oreochromis
Species:
O. saka
Binomial name
Oreochromis saka
(Lowe, 1953)
Synonyms
  • Tilapia saka Lowe, 1953
  • Sarotherodon saka (Lowe, 1953)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Oreochromis saka" in FishBase. April 2017 version.
  2. Konings, Ad (1990). Ad Konings' Book of Cichlids and all the other Fishes of Lake Malawi, p. 344. ISBN 978-0866225274.
  3. Turner, G.F.; and R.L. Robinson (1991). Ecology, morphology and taxonomy of the Lake Malawi Oreochromis (Nyasalapia) species flock. Annales de la Musée royal de l'Afrique Centrale (Tervuren) 262: 23-28.


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