Lake Rukwa tilapia
| Lake Rukwa tilapia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Oreochromis |
| Species: | O. rukwaensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Oreochromis rukwaensis (Hilgendorf & Pappenheim, 1903)
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The Lake Rukwa tilapia (Oreochromis rukwaensis) is a species of cichlid that is endemic to the Lake Rukwa catchment in Tanzania. This species can reach a length of 33 centimetres (13 in) in standard length. This species is important to local commercial fisheries.