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MeSH Heading: Tilapia
Tree Number(s): B01.050.150.900.493.602.200.800
Unique ID: D017210
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017210
Annotation: TILAPIA NILOTICA and NILE TILAPIA see CICHLIDS are also available
Scope Note: A freshwater fish used as an experimental organism and for food. This genus of the family Cichlidae (CICHLIDS) inhabits Central and South America (one species extends north into Texas), West Indies, Africa, Madagascar, Syria, and coastal India.
Entry Term(s): Mozambique Tilapia; Oreochromis mossambicus; Tilapia mossambica
Registry Number: txid8126
Related Numbers: txid8127
Previous Indexing: Fishes (1966-1992)
Public MeSH Note: 93
History Note: 93
Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/05/22
Revision Date: 2020/08/13

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

classification (CL)

embryology (EM)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

physiology (PH)

surgery (SU)

urine (UR)

virology (VI)

Tilapia MeSH Descriptor Data 2023