English name:Tilapia
Japanese name:テラピア
Latin name:Oreochromis sp.
Catching methods:Aquaculture
Main Production Areas:South Asia, South America
Major markets:United States
Popular Product Forms:Fresh (whole fish), Fillet
2000production quantity:M.T.49314
2001production quantity:M.T.82878
Exports of fishery productions 2000/31087
Imports of fishery productions 2000/37
Exports of fishery productions 2001/47317
Imports of fishery productions 2001/88
Introduction:There are many species and they have diffirent body color. Forms schools; is sometimes territorial. Inhabits warm ponds and impoundments as well as lakes and streams.