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}} Tilapia ( ) is the common name for nearly a hundred species of cichlid fish from the tilapiine cichlid tribe. Tilapia are mainly freshwater fish inhabiting shallow streams, ponds, rivers and lakes and less commonly found living in brackish water. Historically, they have been of major importance in artisan fishing in Africa and the Levant and are of increasing importance in aquaculture and aquaponics. Tilapia can become problematic invasive species in new warm-water habitats such as Australia,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tilapia )〕 whether deliberately or accidentally introduced, but generally not in temperate climates due to their inability to survive in waters cooler than about . ==History== Tilapia go by many names. The aquaculture of Nile tilapia goes back to Ancient Egypt, where it was represented by the hieroglyph K1, Tilapia was a symbol of rebirth in Egyptian art, and was in addition associated with Hathor. It was also said to accompany and protect the sun god on his daily journey across the sky. Tilapia painted on tomb walls, reminds us of spell 15 of the ''Book of the Dead'' by which the deceased hopes to take his place in the sun boat: "''You see the tilapia in its'' () ''form at the turquoise pool''", and "''I behold the tilapia in its'' () ''nature guiding the speedy boat in its waters''." 〔Gay Robin: Women in ancient Egypt (p. 188), British museum press, 1993, ISBN 0-7141-0956-8〕 Tilapia were one of the three main types of fish caught in Biblical times from the Sea of Galilee. At that time they were called ''musht'', or commonly now even "St. Peter's fish". The name "St. Peter's fish" comes from the story in the Gospel of Matthew about the apostle Peter catching a fish that carried a coin in its mouth, though the passage does not name the fish. While the name also applies to ''Zeus faber'', a marine fish not found in the area, a few tilapia species (''Sarotherodon galilaeus galilaeus'' and others) are found in the Sea of Galilee, where the author of the Gospel of Matthew recounts the event took place. These species have been the target of small-scale artisanal fisheries in the area for thousands of years. The common name tilapia is based on the name of the cichlid genus ''Tilapia'', which is itself a latinisation of ''thiape'', the Tswana word for "fish". Scottish zoologist Andrew Smith named the genus in 1840. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「tilapia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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