Which Tilapia

[Basil]

Does anybody know which Cichlid the Tilapia farmed as a food fish is? I
have not been able to identify it from specimens seen in supermarkets.

[Charles]

Post by Basil
Does anybody know which Cichlid the Tilapia farmed as a food fish is? I
have not been able to identify it from specimens seen in supermarkets.

They are generally sterile hybrids, bred so that they grow large
rather than make babies.

[Charles]

Post by Basil
Does anybody know which Cichlid the Tilapia farmed as a food fish is? I
have not been able to identify it from specimens seen in supermarkets.

some info:

http://ag.arizona.edu/azaqua/ata.html