Nile tilapia males (coloration during the breeding season) – Video

Video credit: Ivan Venkonwine Kaleo and Patrick Appenteng (Ghana)

Description: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website and video channel)

This video was filmed during July, 2014 in a private fish farm in Kafr El Sheikh, Egypt

The video shows a sexually mature male of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) during the spawning season in which the throat region as well as the pectoral, dorsal and caudal fins turns reddish. The vertical bars on the caudal fin are also obvious.

 

 

 

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