Singida Tilapia

Oreochromis esculentus (Graham 1928)

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Oreochromis esculentus (Singida Tilapia) is a species of ray-finned fishes in the family Cichlidae. They are listed as critically endangered by IUCN. They are associated with freshwater habitat. Individuals are known to live for 10 years.

URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/criticallyEndangered
Definition: A taxon is Critically Endangered when the best available evidence indicates that it meets \r\nany of the criteria A to E for Critically Endangered, and it is therefore considered to be facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild
Source: http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/15457

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873
Definition: A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.

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EOL has data for 7 attributes, including:

conservation status
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#ConservationStatus
- Definition: degree of conservation concern as assessed by a government agency or other recognized authority such as IUCN or CITES
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critically endangered
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/criticallyEndangered
- Definition: A taxon is Critically Endangered when the best available evidence indicates that it meets \r\nany of the criteria A to E for Critically Endangered, and it is therefore considered to be facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild
- Attribution: http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/categories-and-criteria
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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Uganda
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/226074
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habitat
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/habitat
- Definition: A category or description of the habitat in which the Event occurred.
- Comment: Example: "oak savanna", "pre-cordilleran steppe"
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freshwater habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002037
- Definition: A habitat that is in or on a body of water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids (<0.5 grams dissolved salts per litre).
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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lake
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000020
- Definition: A body of water or other liquid of considerable size contained on a body of land.
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has ectoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002633
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Lernaea cyprinacea cyprinacea
population trend
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/population_trend
- Definition: i.e., increasing, decreasing, stable, or unknown
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Decreasing
total life span
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001661
- Definition: The full period of time from birth to death of an organism.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/VT
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10 years

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Singida tilapia. View this species on GBIF

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