Oreochromis niloticus

Nile tilapia

Also known as: Oreochromis nilotica, Perca nilotica, Tilapia nilotica

Indigenous / local names

Nylkurper (af) Wikidata ↗
Tilapia Neily (mg) Wikidata ↗
Ingege (rn) Wikidata ↗

Taxonomic classification

cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Opisthokonta; Metazoa; Eumetazoa; Bilateria; Deuterostomia; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Gnathostomata; Teleostomi; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Actinopteri; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Osteoglossocephalai; Clupeocephala; Euteleosteomorpha; Neoteleostei; Eurypterygia; Ctenosquamata; Acanthomorphata; Euacanthomorphacea; Percomorphaceae; Ovalentaria; Cichlomorphae; Cichliformes; Cichlidae; African cichlids; Pseudocrenilabrinae; Oreochromini; Oreochromis; Oreochromis niloticus

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Sequence records

transcriptome (fasta)

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First synced: 8/21/2026 · Last updated: 8/21/2026

Source: NCBI NM_001279779.1 · View at source ↗

Released: 2013-07-19

publiccc0AFDSI-SEQ-40

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genome (fasta)

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First synced: 8/21/2026 · Last updated: 8/21/2026

Source: NCBI GCF_001858045.2 · View at source ↗

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Collection: · Sex: female

Sequencing: PacBio · Canu v. 1.0 · 44x coverage

Released: 2018-06-29 · Submitted by: University of Maryland

publiccc0AFDSI-SEQ-7

GoaT: Chromosome assembly · 0.99 Gb · scaffold N50 40,346,024 · 22 chromosomes · View at source ↗

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Proteins (20)

protein 70 — 103 aa

prlr — 630 aa

esr1 — 585 aa

cyp19a1 — 522 aa

esr2 — 557 aa

gnb2l1 — 317 aa

ins — 113 aa

hisat — 337 aa

dio1 — 248 aa

gpr54 — 377 aa

No AlphaFold DB proteome found for this species.

Proteomics (external sources)

PRIDE — project-level reference (metadata only; no per-protein identifications are available via PRIDE's public API)

Type B gelatin obtained by ultrasound-assisted extraction from Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) scales. (PXD071911) ↗AFDSI-PROJREF-27

Development and proteome characterisation of muscle cell culture derived from Genetically improved farmed tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus,1758) (PXD060219) ↗AFDSI-PROJREF-28

COL1A2 Barcoding: Bone Species Identification via Shotgun Proteomics (PXD045402) ↗AFDSI-PROJREF-29

Impact of bioinformatic search parameters for peptide identification and their post-translational modifications: case study of proteolyzed gelatines from beef, pork and fish. (PXD040820) ↗AFDSI-PROJREF-30

Rapid speciation of cichlids fishes may be explained by evolutionary divergence of novel open reading frames (PXD019072) ↗AFDSI-PROJREF-31

The liver,spleen,brain,intestine and kidney tissue of the Oreochromis niloticus which infected with Streptococcus agalactiae LC-MSMS (PXD014616) ↗AFDSI-PROJREF-32

Chemical Profiles (external sources)

ChEMBL rows are compounds active against a protein target from this organism — not confirmed as compounds the species itself produces, unlike ANPDB's.

ChEMBL: 5-O-METHYLEMBELIN (View at source ↗) — Target organism (ChEMBL) — not confirmed as a compound this species produces; ActivityAFDSI-METABOLOMICS-31

Metabolic Profiles (external sources)

MetaboLights: Fecal microbiota transplantation treatment maintains post antibiotics gut function by change the gut microbiome and fecal metabolome to reduce gut inflammation and oxidative stress in nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) (View at source ↗)AFDSI-METABPROF-2

MetaboLights: Lactobacillus plantarum MR1 alleviates high-carbohydrate diet-induced oxidative stress and liver lipid deposition via upregulating uridine synthesis (View at source ↗)AFDSI-METABPROF-3

MetaboLights: Serine Metabolism Tunes Immune Responses To Promote Oreochromis niloticus Survival upon Edwardsiella tarda Infection (View at source ↗)AFDSI-METABPROF-4

KEGG: KEGG genome-based metabolic profile (onl) (View at source ↗) — Genome-based pathway inference (KEGG) — reflects which metabolic pathways this species' annotated genes place it in, not experimentally measured metabolite presenceAFDSI-METABPROF-15

Protein Structures

protein 70 — v3

pLDDT confidence: unknown

Auto-synced from PDBe 7bxt · View at source ↗

publiccc_byAFDSI-STRUCT-8222-V3

protein 70 — v2

pLDDT confidence: unknown

Auto-synced from PDBe 7bxt · View at source ↗

publiccc_byAFDSI-STRUCT-8221-V2

esr1 — v1

pLDDT confidence: 67.0

Auto-synced from AlphaFold DB AF-Q9YH33-F1 · View at source ↗

publiccc_byAFDSI-STRUCT-413-V1

cyp19a1 — v1

pLDDT confidence: 87.4

Auto-synced from AlphaFold DB AF-P70091-F1 · View at source ↗

publiccc_byAFDSI-STRUCT-414-V1

esr2 — v1

pLDDT confidence: 67.8

Auto-synced from AlphaFold DB AF-Q9YH32-F1 · View at source ↗

publiccc_byAFDSI-STRUCT-415-V1

Field & Specimen Imaging

camera_trap at Madagascar · Source: GBIF 6147557017 (View at source ↗)AFDSI-IMG-76

camera_trap at Madagascar · Source: GBIF 6159296642 (View at source ↗)AFDSI-IMG-77

camera_trap at Kenya · Source: GBIF 6159399739 (View at source ↗)AFDSI-IMG-78

camera_trap at Kenya · Source: GBIF 6184813998 (View at source ↗)AFDSI-IMG-79

camera_trap at Egypt · Source: GBIF 6188388913 (View at source ↗)AFDSI-IMG-80

camera_trap at Egypt · Source: GBIF 6234400752 (View at source ↗)AFDSI-IMG-182

camera_trap at Egypt · Source: GBIF 6235009487 (View at source ↗)AFDSI-IMG-183

camera_trap at Madagascar · Source: GBIF 6163080481 (View at source ↗)AFDSI-IMG-184

camera_trap at Spain · Source: GBIF 6185009747 (View at source ↗)AFDSI-IMG-185

camera_trap at Egypt · Source: GBIF 6188286255 (View at source ↗)AFDSI-IMG-186

Geographic range (Africa)

7,695 real GBIF-recorded occurrences across Africa — see this species on GBIF ↗.

This reflects real occurrence records submitted to GBIF, not a comprehensive range map — sampling effort varies significantly by country and region, so an absence here doesn't mean the species isn't present.