Mojarra vs. Tilapia

Mojarranoun

A perciform fish in the family Gerreidae, often used as bait.

Mojarranoun

Any of certain basslike marine fishes (mostly of tropical seas, and having a deep, compressed body, protracile mouth, and large silvery scales) constituting the family Gerridæ, as Gerres plumieri, found from Florida to Brazil and used as food. Also, any of numerous other fishes of similar appearance but belonging to other families.

Mojarranoun

small silvery schooling fishes with protrusible mouths found in warm coastal waters

Mojarra

The mojarras are a family, Gerreidae, of fish in the order Perciformes. The family includes about 53 species found worldwide in tropical and warm temperate regions.

Tilapianoun

Any of various edible fish, of the genus Tilapia, native to Africa and the Middle East but naturalized worldwide.

Tilapianoun

a genus of Cichlidae

Tilapia

Tilapia ( tih-LAH-pee-ə) is the common name for nearly a hundred species of cichlid fish from the coelotilapine, coptodonine, heterotilapine, oreochromine, pelmatolapiine, and tilapiine tribes (formerly all were ), with the economically most important species placed in the Coptodonini and Oreochromini. Tilapia are mainly freshwater fish inhabiting shallow streams, ponds, rivers, and lakes, and less commonly found living in brackish water.