Description

Dorsal spines (total): 16 - 18; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 13; Anal spines: 3 - 4; Anal soft rays: 8 - 11; Vertebrae: 29 - 31.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Oreochromis

Species: Oreochromis placidus (Trewavas, 1941)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Prefers quiet pools with marginal vegetation; it has been reported only from fresh water and low altitudes and latitudes, so that its salinity and temperature tolerances are probably narrower than those of O. mossambicus (Ref. 2).

Habitat

brackish