he tilapias are a group of African and Middle Eastern cichlid fish that are widely cultured in both developed and developing countries, with total world aquaculture production of 4,507,002 t and total value of 7,656,257,000 USD in 2012. With many different species and sub-species of tilapia, and extensive use of interspecies hybrids, identification of tilapia species is of importance in aqu…