Malawi ID Needed

Hi all
A friend of mine has about 100 malawis in his pond.
He needs to ID them.
Please help

 

Wow, very difficult to ID using that pic. They show now distinctive marks or color

 

I know, that's whats weird about them.
Heres the other two pics that he sent to me.

 

Not Malawis - those are Mozambique tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus. Also blacklisted, get fairly large and breed like rabbits.

 

Cool, thanks SalmonAfrica.
Will let him know.
I wonder where he got them from...

 

Haven't seen a yellow O.mossambicus before, but I know they have bred a reddish colour morph to make the fish more appealing in the market by looking more like a sea fish, like the Red roman.

 

They will eventually look like this. These are two big males I speared out I January this year.

 

Those are big boy's Shakes, what did they weigh?
Sadly our indigenious wild populations are being genetically eradicated due to the spreading distribution of exotic nile tilapia which inbreed with the Mozambique tilapia/Blou kurpers.

 

Bet they still taste like earth/dirt/mud :cheesy:

 

Hehe I bet that is why they are not yet very popular in S.A. The only fw fish that people will regularly eat and use are trout.
Tilapia are mass produced in more rural parts of Africa and also the U.S. If the yanks are willing to eat them then they probably don't taste too bad.