Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

     Tilapia is a freshwater species of fish consumption with body shape elongated and flattened laterally and white color black. Tilapia originated from Sungal Nile and the surrounding lakes. Now these fish have been scattered to countries on five continents, tropical and subtropical climates. While in cold temperate regions, tilapia fish can not live well liked Tilapia by various nations because of the meat nice and thick like fish meat red snapper

     Classification tilapia are as follows:
Class: Osteichthyes
Sub-class: Acanthoptherigii
Crdo: Percomorphi
Sub-order: Percoidea
Family: cichlid
Genus: Oreochromis.

Species: Oreochromis niloticus

     There are 3 types of tilapia are known, namely: ordinary tilapia, red tilapia (Nirah) and tilapia albino.