Fish Id Help Please

[star4]

I have found for sale rather a pretty looking fish, but I want to read up on it first, however I am having touble looking it up as it does not seem to exist. Its advertised as a talapia marea but I think it should be spelt tilapia? I have found recipies on how to cook tilapia lol. Just wonder if anyone knows a common name for it.
Thanks

 

[Davo86]

They most likely mean Tilapia mariae, (spotted tilapia)
They are a big, aggressive cichlid from africa

 

[bae1994]

is it one of these

http/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilapiine_cichlid

 

[mixmaster jay]

is this it http/aquanic.org/images/photos/3hybrids.jpg

http/www.aquaticcommunity.com/tilapia/breeding.php

http/aquarticles.com/articles/management...ia_Handout.html

check these out star4

 

[star4]

Thanks Bae1994 but thats not the one, this one is green with faint stripes, not helpfull as its only a youngster.

Thanks Dave I will look up spotted tilapia

 

[mixmaster jay]

http/www.malawicichlidhomepage.com/haps/tilapia_sp.html

 

[star4]

Dave your "spot" on lol, its a young spotted tilapia.

Thanks for the links Jay. http/www.aquaticcommunity.com/tilapia/breeding.php this one (reading now) is brill, full of usefull stuff. Now I know what I am looking at I can spend the rest of the night researching it lol

 

[Davo86]

Lol, lucky I 'spotted' that spelling error

 

[mixmaster jay]

lol you eagle eye you davo hehe

no probs star4

 

[star4]

Its a good job you did Dave, I would have spent all night trying to figure it out otherwise lol. Shame people cant advertise fish correctly