Tilapia Type

What sort of tilapia do I need?

It looks like I need Oreochromis niloticus or O. mossambica or O. aureus. None of these are true tilapia, but this is what everyone is talking about when you talk about tilapia you eat.

This is a good site on tilapia.

http://www.tilapia.ws

This site also has some nice recipes.

Where would I get some of these types of tilapia?

Oreochromis niloticus

This is the nile tilapia.











There is a good description of it on this site.

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2

It is suppose to handle lower tempartures that other tilapias.

http://www.aquatext.com/images/fish%20etc/niloticus.htm

Oreochromis aureus



This is also called the blue tilapia













Has more gill rakers than the nile.

Oreochromis mossambica


This is also called the Mozambique Tilapia.









I think I would like to try the blue tilapia. I would like to use green water and they have more rakers than the other two. This might help in filtering the food from the green water.



I also have receive the following source from Gary J. Burtle at the University of GA.

Southern States, Scott Crow, Valdosta, GA 229-292-4312

Lake Geneva Fisheries, Alabama, 334-684-6473
Aquasafra, Inc., Florida, 941-747-9476
Natures Way Aquatic, Florida, 941-445-0520
Organic Fisheries, Florida, 941-776-5722