DeCS

Descriptor English:

Tilapia

Descriptor Spanish:

Tilapia

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	Tilapia
Entry term(s)	Oreochromis mossambicus Tilapia mossambica
Scope note:	Pez de agua dulce que se utiliza como alimento y en investigación. Este género de la familia Cichlidae (CÍCLIDOS) vive en Sudamérica y Centroamérica (una especie se extiende al norte hacia Texas), las Indias Occidentales, África, Madagascar, Siria y las costas de la India.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Tilápia

Descriptor French:

Tilapia

Entry term(s):

Oreochromis mossambicus
Tilapia du Mozambique
Tilapia mossambica

Tree number(s):

B01.050.150.900.493.602.200.800
SP4.606.837.124.990.877

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017210

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.

Annotation:

TILAPIA NILOTICA and NILE TILAPIA see CICHLIDS are also available

Allowable Qualifiers:

AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BL sang
CF liquide cérébrospinal
CL classification
EM embryologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
IN traumatismes
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PH physiologie
PS parasitologie
SU chirurgie
UR urine
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

30477

Unique ID:

D017210

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

1993/01/01

Date of Entry:

1992/05/22

Revision Date:

2009/07/06