Freshwater Fishes of North Carolina
Oreochromis aureus - Blue Tilapia Sole member of genus in NC.
Family:
Cichlidae
S Rank:
SE
G Rank:
G5
State Status:
US Status: Comments:
Not native
Synonym:
Photo source: Fishes of North Carolina -- ncfishes.comGBIF Global Distribution   iNaturalist
County Map: Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
                    
3 Counties
CountyNumber of Records
Buncombe2
Iredell1
Person2
  5 Records
CountyNumber of Records
Buncombe2
Person2
Iredell1
  Basin Summary
BasinBasin Status
1 CatawbaN - Non-native species
2 French BroadN - Non-native species
3 RoanokeN - Non-native species