{"id":1143,"date":"2011-11-05T19:34:05","date_gmt":"2011-11-05T17:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?p=1143"},"modified":"2014-08-02T21:09:55","modified_gmt":"2014-08-02T19:09:55","slug":"reddish-coloration-of-nile-tilapia-males-during-the-spawning-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?p=1143","title":{"rendered":"Reddish coloration of Nile tilapia males during the spawning season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">During the spawning season of Nile tilapia (<em>Oreochromis niloticus<\/em>) develop reddish coloration as secondary sex\u00a0characteristics. One of the attached photos shows clearly the male coloration during the spawning season while the second photo shows the color\u00a0difference between male and female of Nile tilapia.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Note:<\/strong>\u00a0We decided not to watermark the photos in order not to upset its clarity. However, we trust you will seek our permission if you wish to use a picture or more. This will be appreciated.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Reddish-coloration-of-Nile-tilapia-male-1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1148\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?attachment_id=1148\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Reddish-coloration-of-Nile-tilapia-male-1.jpg?fit=3000%2C4000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3000,4000\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Reddish coloration of Nile tilapia male (1)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Reddish-coloration-of-Nile-tilapia-male-1.jpg?fit=750%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1148\" title=\"Reddish coloration of Nile tilapia male (1)\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Reddish-coloration-of-Nile-tilapia-male-1-225x300.jpg?resize=225%2C300\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Reddish-coloration-of-Nile-tilapia-male-1.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Reddish-coloration-of-Nile-tilapia-male-1.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Reddish-coloration-of-Nile-tilapia-male-1.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Reddish-coloration-of-Nile-tilapia-male-1.jpg?w=2250&amp;ssl=1 2250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Reddish-coloration-of-Nile-tilapia-male-compared-to-female.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1149\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?attachment_id=1149\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Reddish-coloration-of-Nile-tilapia-male-compared-to-female.jpg?fit=4000%2C3000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4000,3000\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Reddish coloration of Nile tilapia male compared to female\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Reddish-coloration-of-Nile-tilapia-male-compared-to-female.jpg?fit=750%2C563&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1149\" title=\"Reddish coloration of Nile tilapia male compared to female\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Reddish-coloration-of-Nile-tilapia-male-compared-to-female-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Reddish-coloration-of-Nile-tilapia-male-compared-to-female.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Reddish-coloration-of-Nile-tilapia-male-compared-to-female.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Reddish-coloration-of-Nile-tilapia-male-compared-to-female.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Reddish-coloration-of-Nile-tilapia-male-compared-to-female.jpg?w=2250&amp;ssl=1 2250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the spawning season of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) develop reddish coloration as secondary sex\u00a0characteristics. One of the attached photos shows clearly the male coloration during the spawning season while the second photo shows the color\u00a0difference between male and female of Nile tilapia. Note:\u00a0We decided not to watermark the photos in order not to upset &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?p=1143\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17,359,11,5226,291,293,5225],"tags":[1452,306,305,363,300],"class_list":["post-1143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aaelgamal","category-aquaculture-and-artisanal-fishery-global-information-sharing","category-english","category-farmed-species-aquaculture-and-artisanal-fishery-global-information-sharing","category-gallery-2","category-photos","category-tilapia-aquaculture-and-artisanal-fishery-global-information-sharing","tag-egypt","tag-reddish-coloration","tag-secondary-sex-characteristics","tag-tilapia","tag-tilapia-reproduction","item-wrap"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1NIq6-ir","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1143"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11267,"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143\/revisions\/11267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}