Nile tilapia

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Πάντ' ἀνακαλύπτων ὁ χρόνος πρὸς φῶς φέρει → Omnia revelans tempus in lucem eruit → Die Zeit deckt alles auf und bringt es an den Tag

Menander, Monostichoi, 459

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Oreochromis niloticus

The Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is a species of tilapia, a cichlid fish native to the northern half of Africa and the Levante area, including Israel, and Lebanon. Numerous introduced populations exist outside its natural range. It is also commercially known as mango fish, nilotica, or boulti. The first name leads to easy confusion with another tilapia which is traded commercially, the mango tilapia (Sarotherodon galilaeus).