Oreochromis saka

Oreochromis saka
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Oreochromis
Species:	O. saka
Binomial name
	Oreochromis saka; (Lowe, 1953)
Synonyms
	Tilapia saka Lowe, 1953; Sarotherodon saka (Lowe, 1953);

Oreochromis saka is a species of cichlid fish that is endemic to Lake Malawi and Lake Malombe in East Africa where it inhabits relatively shallow coastal areas.^[1]^[2] It can reach a standard length of 36 cm (14 in).^[1] It is part of the subgenus Nyasalapia, which are known as chambo. The validity of this species is questionable and a taxonomic review recommended that it should be considered a synonym of O. karongae (the two only differ by pharyngeal bones and teeth).^[3]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2017). "Oreochromis saka" in FishBase. April 2017 version.
^ Konings, Ad (1990). Ad Konings' Book of Cichlids and all the other Fishes of Lake Malawi, p. 344. ISBN 978-0866225274.
^ Turner, G.F.; and R.L. Robinson (1991). Ecology, morphology and taxonomy of the Lake Malawi Oreochromis (Nyasalapia) species flock. Annales de la Musée royal de l'Afrique Centrale (Tervuren) 262: 23-28.

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[fishbase-1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2017). "Oreochromis saka" in FishBase. April 2017 version.

[Konings-2] Konings, Ad (1990). Ad Konings' Book of Cichlids and all the other Fishes of Lake Malawi, p. 344. ISBN 978-0866225274.

[3] Turner, G.F.; and R.L. Robinson (1991). Ecology, morphology and taxonomy of the Lake Malawi Oreochromis (Nyasalapia) species flock. Annales de la Musée royal de l'Afrique Centrale (Tervuren) 262: 23-28.

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