Scientific Name
Oreochromis karomo
Common Name
Karomo
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 15 - 16;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 12-13;
Anal
spines: 3;
Anal
soft rays: 10 - 11;
Vertebrae: 29. Diagnosis: tasselled species (Ref. 2). Adults with all teeth of the jaws tricuspid (Ref. 2, 55074), with long, slender shafts and curved crowns, arranged in broad bands (Ref. 2). Jaws much enlarged, projecting forwards to form a long snout (Ref. 2), with the tooth bands meeting in the horizontal plane (Ref. 2, 4967). Maxilla with a flange resting on the premaxilla at the curve between its two arms (Ref. 2).