Tilapia

Family Cichlidae – Cichlids; Scientific name: Oreochromis mossambicus; Common name: Tilapia – Distribution in Australia: established in freshwater and tidal streams and in reservoirs in vicinity of Queensland cities of Brisbane, Townsville and Cairns; in Barron and North Johnstone Rivers on Atherton Tablenand in north-eastern Queensland and in Gascoyne-Lyons River system of Western Australia – AN INTRODUCED SPECIES native to East Africa introduced to the tropics worldwide as a target, food fish for fisherman.