Author: (Poll & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1965)
FBname: Okavango tilapia
Comments: Occurs in swamps and floodplain habitats, especially enriched pans and well-vegetated shallow littoral margins of drainage rivers.  Feeds on detritus, soft plants and insect larvae.  Males establish a territory and attract a ripe female to form a pair bond.  Females construct a saucer-shaped nest in which eggs are laid and fertilized then tended mainly by the female while the male guards the territory (Ref. 7248).