Talk:Nile tilapia

Delicious and popular in Brazil
This fish is delicious and popular in Brazil.Easy and very fast to cook,delicious, good with rice, potatoes, etc.Agre22 (talk) 03:41, 7 March 2009 (UTC)agre22

Thai names
The red-hybrid Oreochromis niloticus is known in Thai language as Pla Thapthim (Thai: ปลาทับทิม), meaning "pomegranate fish".[4] This type of Tilapia is very popular in Thai cuisine where it is prepared in a variety of ways.[5]

The white tilapia Pla nin (Thai: ปลานิล), meaning "Nile fish", is commonly either salted and barbecued or steamed with lime (pla nin nueng manao).[6]

I am told by a reliable Thai friend that this has it the wrong way round. That is, Pla Thapthim (Thai: ปลาทับทิม) is the white one while Pla nin (Thai: ปลานิล) is the red-hybrid (also called black by Thais). She also tells me that the Thai Wikipedia has it correctly. HowardB (talk) 01:28, 24 June 2012 (UTC)


 * That is very strange because when I translate the entry in the Thai wikipedia, it says about Pla Nin under "general information" that the fish is striped white and black. And in the section "cultivated species" it mentions that the Pla nin daeng (red nile fish) is white and red in colour, hence the name "Ruby/Pomegranate fish" (Pla Thapthim) was given to it by the king of Thailand. All my Thai friends, some of them food journalists, also call the red coloured fish Pla Thapthim. I think your Thai friend must have misread the Thai article or perhaps misread this article? I shall change the mention of only "white" in to "striped white and black" as can also be seen on the image. - Takeaway (talk) 01:53, 24 June 2012 (UTC)


 * From here in Thailand, and relying on my Thai wife's pronunciation, the dark grey tilapia is called "pla nil", although it's a feature of the Thai language to convert a final L to an N sound. The red tilapia is called "pla tuptim". "Tuptim" can translate as either ruby or pomegranate. BTW the red hybrid tastes much better than the grey variety.
 * Kortoso (talk) 10:02, 24 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I removed this: "some says was mispronounce from "Nile fish", some media says is name of Akihito (仁) who give this fish to Bhumibol" partly because of the nonstandard grammar but because of the unattributed origin story. Open to seeing this clarified.
 * Kortoso (talk) 10:09, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

New Edits
Hi everyone, I'm a student in a behavioral ecology class and one of my projects focuses on editing this Oreochromis niloticus article. As such, I will be changing and editing this page alot, beginning with adding some major sections, removing unnecessary information, and moving information around so that it is organized more neatly. If anyone has questions, comments, or concerns, feel free to contact me! MLiu19 (talk) 01:36, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I added some links within the page and made some edits to sentences I thought were redundant or slightly confusing. Comments for possibly improving the page:
 * Be consistent throughout the page in how to refer to the fish, either stick to Nile tilapia or O. niloticus
 * The sentence "Thus, experience in a certain form of agonistic behavior results in differential aggressiveness amongst individuals" is unclear, please elaborate
 * The reproduction section in particular has a few sentences that contain too much jargon, edit so it is easier to access for people with little behavioral research exposure Wenamy (talk) 05:12, 10 October 2013 (UTC)
 * In parental care section, I think you can elaborate more on these sentences: "One of the benefits of this extension results in slowing down vitellogenesis (yolk deposition) in order to increase the survival rate of one’s own young. The size of spawned eggs correlates directly with advantages concerning hatching time, growth, survival, and onset of feeding." I could not easily relate the two sentences. Maybe more clarification on the correlations would help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hami910311 (talk • contribs) 06:19, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

Hello! I am a student in behavioral ecology at Washington University, and I made a few edits to your article: Overall you did a good job with the behavior section! I would recommend making sure that you pay attention to the syntax of your sentences and restructure the sentence for maximal clarity and conciseness. -	Added links to tilapia, dimorphism, gonadotropic, courtship, spawn, -	Made sentence more clear by reordering words: “In order to obtain the necessary nutrients, nighttime feeding may also occur due to competition for food during the daylight hours.” -	I reordered this sentence for clarity and conciseness: "Oreochromis genus typically care for their young through mouthbrooding, oral incubation of the eggs and larvae." Gseehra123 (talk) 03:57, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

This article is coming along nicely. I edited the first paragraph of Aquaculture to make the language less casual. Also there is a section in Aquaculture that mentions how the fish is an invasive species; this topic doesn't really fit within the rest of the Aquaculture section and I would consider moving it. Danoue92 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 04:05, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Your article looks very well-written. I did not find any outstanding errors in grammar or sentence structure. You provide detailed information and have appropriate hyperlinks. I would only suggest incorporating more information from other studies about behavior, but that's completely up to you to decide. Great job overall! Alex G Zhang (talk) 21:16, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

Edits/comments
- The current information in the introduction can be used to form a new section called “Habitat.”

- The section titled “Description” contains information on a many different topics about the fish. I think that this information can be split up to form new sections, one of which is “Physical Description.” Some of it can be placed into the introduction.

- I think the sections titled “Aquaculture,” “As food,” and “Other uses” do not seem appropriate for this Wikipedia entry, which should have a scientific focus.

- I made some edits to the article’s writing, in order to make it read more clearly and directly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.252.110.218 (talk) 08:12, 22 November 2013 (UTC)