Mozambique Mouth Breeder

Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters 1852)

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Oreochromis mossambicus (Mozambique Mouth Breeder) is a species of ray-finned fishes in the family Cichlidae. They are listed as near threatened by IUCN. They are associated with freshwater habitat. Individuals are known to live for 11 years and can grow to 39.0 cm.

URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/nearThreatened
Definition: A taxon is Near Threatened when it has been evaluated against the criteria but does not qualify for Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable now, but is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future
Source: http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/63338

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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 28 attributes, including:

body mass
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001259
- Definition: The amount of matter in the body of an organism.
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1130 g
body size
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_VT0100005
- Definition: The size of a multicellular organism
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35 cm
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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Guatemala
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/3595528
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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marsh
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000035
- Definition: A wetland, featuring grasses, rushes, reeds, typhas, sedges, and other herbaceous plants (possibly with low-growing woody plants) in a context of shallow water.
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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freshwater
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873
- Definition: A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.
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has ectoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002633
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Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters 1852) (Mozambique mouth-breeder)
has endoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002635
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Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters 1852) (Mozambique mouth-breeder)
life span
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000050
- Definition: A time quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's expected maximum age.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://obofoundry.org/wiki/index.php/PATO:Main_Page Ontology Source: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/pato.owl
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11 years
population trend
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/population_trend
- Definition: i.e., increasing, decreasing, stable, or unknown
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Unknown
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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11 years
water temperature
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeawaterTemperature
- Definition: Temperature of the water at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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27.537 degrees celsius
weight
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000128
- Definition: A physical quality inhering in a bearer that has mass near a gravitational body.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/PATO Ontology Source: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/pato.owl
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621.5 g

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Mozambique mouth-breeder. View this species on GBIF

Dr. Vijay Anand Ismavel MS MCh cc-by-nc-sa-4.0