{"id":8133,"date":"2023-05-10T13:58:11","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T11:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/?post_type=animal&#038;p=8133"},"modified":"2023-07-25T15:24:01","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T13:24:01","slug":"otjikoto-tilapia","status":"publish","type":"animal","link":"https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/en\/animals\/otjikoto-tilapia\/","title":{"rendered":"Otjikoto Tilapia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n    <div class=\"zoo-animal-details\">\n        <div class=\"born-container is-default\">\n            <div class=\"inner\">\n\n                \n                    <div class=\"item\">\n                        <div class=\"icon\">\n                            <img srcset=\"https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Pasaules-Sarkana-gramata-bistami-apdraudeta-suga.png 2x\" alt=\"\">\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"text\">\n                            IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    \n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    \n\n\n<p>Otjikoto Tilapia is a critically endangered species that naturally occurs in a single location, Lake Guinas in Namibia, a deep sinkhole lake that is only 50 m in diameter.&nbsp;<br>The current population trend is unknown. Two major threats are ground water extraction and possible introduction of invasive cichlid species that could compete for food and space (<em>Oreochromis mossambicus<\/em>) or pose a risk to interbreed with Otjikoto Tilapia (<em>Tilapia sparrmanii<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The species is introduced into another sinkhole lake, Lake Otjikoto, and several farm dams in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conservation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25a0 Included in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 1988, listed as Critically Endangered (CR) since 1996.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Taxonomy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25a0 Phylum Chordata \u2013 chordates<br>\u25a0 Class Actinopterygii \u2013 ray-finned fishes<br>\u25a0 Order Perciformes \u2013 perciform fishes<br>\u25a0 Family Cichlidae \u2013 cichlids<br>\u25a0 Species&nbsp;<em>Tilapia guinasana<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 Otjikoto Tilapia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3791,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","inline_featured_image":false},"animal-category":[37,36],"animal-filter-1":[],"animal-filter-2":[],"class_list":["post-8133","animal","type-animal","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Otjikoto Tilapia - Zoo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/en\/animals\/otjikoto-tilapia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Otjikoto Tilapia - Zoo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Otjikoto Tilapia is a critically endangered species that naturally occurs in a single location, Lake Guinas in Namibia, a deep sinkhole lake that is only 50 m in diameter.&nbsp;The current population trend is unknown. 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