Tilapia

"Tilapia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.

Descriptor ID	D017210
MeSH Number(s)	B01.050.150.900.493.602.200.800
Concept/Terms	Tilapia Tilapia Tilapia mossambica Tilapia mossambica Mozambique Tilapia Mozambique Tilapias Tilapia, Mozambique Tilapias, Mozambique Oreochromis mossambicus

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Organisms [B]
Eukaryota [B01]
Animals [B01.050]
Chordata [B01.050.150]
Vertebrates [B01.050.150.900]
Fishes [B01.050.150.900.493]
Perciformes [B01.050.150.900.493.602]
Cichlids [B01.050.150.900.493.602.200]
Tilapia [B01.050.150.900.493.602.200.800]

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