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Started by Guest_NateTessler13_* , Jan 25 2010 09:34 AM

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#1 Guest_NateTessler13_*

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Posted 25 January 2010 - 09:34 AM

I've got one that I'm fairly confident on the ID as a Blue Tilapia (Oreochromis aureus)
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...this one, I'm still unsure about;
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The original tag I put on it was Black Acara (Cichlasoma bimaculatum)

...however, I think it might be a Mozambique Tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus).

Any thoughts? Both were residents of the ditches around Tampa, FL.

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#2 Guest_CATfishTONY_*

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Posted 25 January 2010 - 08:41 PM

the second one looks to be a mayan chiclid.
both look washed out so its hard to say.
but i agree both are chiclid and invasive.
the first one does not have a hybrid improved body shape.
so it may be a natural hybrid.

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#3 Guest_NateTessler13_*

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Posted 27 January 2010 - 09:29 PM

the first one does not have a hybrid improved body shape.
so it may be a natural hybrid.

A hybrid improved body shape?

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#4 Guest_CATfishTONY_*

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Posted 28 January 2010 - 08:32 AM

A hybrid improved body shape?

I lot of the tilapia that are in the wild came from hybrid food stocks with generations of selective breeding for food with larger filets
lets say it floods a farm and they get loose. read this short article.

http://www.cherrysnapper.com/

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#5 Guest_Gambusia_*

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Posted 28 January 2010 - 09:45 AM

I lot of the tilapia that are in the wild came from hybrid food stocks with generations of selective breeding for food with larger filets
lets say it floods a farm and they get loose. read this short article.

http://www.cherrysnapper.com/

Yeah I would say the second fish could be some type of hybrid tilapia

It definitely looks like a tilapia to me