Tilapia is a member of the family Cichlidae. Three genera are well-known namely Oreochromis, Tilapia and Sarotherodon, of which nile tilapia belongs to genus Oreochromis. This species is naturally distributed in Palestine, the Nile River as well as most part of African river and lakes. It was introduced in the Philippines in 1972. It’s rising popularity is due to their hardness, resistance to diseases, ease in breeding, reasonable growth rate, good taste, and tolerance to a wide range of environmental conditions including temperature and salinities. Continue reading

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  1. badmus says:

    What is the order of tilapia fish

  2. August says:

    san po pwede makakuha ng SRT-95??

  3. Dear Dr. Guerrero,
    My Best Wishes For A Merry Christmas And Prosperous New Year”

    I read my message ub during October but I did not receive a response with respect to your e-mail address and telephone number.

    Hope to hear from you.

    Tom

  4. Dear Dr. Guerrero,

    CONGRATULATIONS!!!

    A long time has lapsed since I had visited the Phillippines and spent several days in your residense with your great family. Hope yourself and family members are fine.
    Please respond as soon as you receive this message. I need your e-mail address and telephone number.

    Best wishes

  5. Aremu Adebayo says:

    pls i need information about latency period of O.niloticus

  6. jetrix says:

    hi leo, I am a high school student from Antique National School, Antique, Western Visayas. I would like to ask for your true name so that I can be able to put your name in the authors in my related literature in my Research Study. I hope that I can be able to see it tomorrow. Thank you and sorry for disturbing you.

    • Leo says:

      @jetrix, i’m not the author of the articles posted on this site, i would suggest that you just put the web address as your source. thanks.

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