Tilapia

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Tilapia
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Real-world info
Name: Oreochromis niloticus (Nile tilapia) Family: Cichlidae (cichlids)
Main appearances
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Other appearances
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Names in other languages  ティラピア  틸라피아  Tilapia  Tilapia  吴郭鱼  Tilapia  Tilapia  Tilapia  吳郭魚  Tilapia  Tilapia  Тилапия

The tilapia (pronounced t, "tih-LAH-pee-ə") is a fish, introduced in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. It appears as a medium shadow that can be found in rivers all day long from summer to mid fall.

Catch details

In New Horizons

#23

"I caught a tilapia! It makes me happy-a!"

Time of year	North: Jun – Oct South: Dec – Apr
Time of day	All day
Location	River
Shadow size	Medium
Rarity	Common
Spawn requirement	Appears from the start of the game
Selling prices	Nook's Cranny:  800 Bells  C.J.:  1,200 Bells
Furniture size

Donating to the museum

As with all fish in the Animal Crossing series, the tilapia can be donated to the museum, followed by a small talk by Blathers about it.

In New Horizons

When donating to Blathers or selecting "Tell me about this!" in New Horizons, he will provide the following information about the fish:

"Wherever the waters are warm, the tilapia can be found. It is a highly adaptable river fish. They mainly feed on algae, but they will also eat larvae and dead fish— or whatever fits in their mouths. I will confess that, as a growing owlet, I similarly defined food as 'anything that fits in my beak.'"

Once donated to the museum, the tilapia can be found in the second level of the waterfall tank with the dace and stringfish.

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Real-world information

Tilapia are mainly freshwater fish inhabiting shallow streams, ponds, rivers, and lakes. Historically, they have been of significant importance in artisanal fishing in Africa, and they are of increasing importance in aquaculture and aquaponics. Tilapia can become a problematic invasive species in new warm-water habitats such as Australia, whether purposefully or accidentally introduced, but generally not in temperate climates due to their inability to survive in cold water.

More information on this topic is available at Wikipedia.

Names in other languages

	ティラピア tirapia
	틸라피아 tillapia
	吴郭鱼 wúguōyú	Tilapia
	吳郭魚 Unknown
	Тилапия Tilapiya
	Tilapia
	Tilapia
	Tilapia
	Tilapia
	Tilapia

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