Fried talapia fish in the market at Santiago Sacatepequez, Guatemala, Central America

Ugandan man with Tilapia fish at Kasenyi village on the shores of Lake George in western Uganda.

Ugandan man with Tilapia fish at Kasenyi village on the shores of Lake George in western Uganda.

Large male Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus), Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, Kaneohe, Oahu, Hawaii, United States of America, Pacific

Large male Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus), Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, Kaneohe, Oahu, Hawaii, United States of America, Pacific

Large male Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus), Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, Kaneohe, Oahu, Hawaii, United States of America, Pacific

Tank with hundreds of tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus), Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, Kaneohe, Oahu, Hawaii, United States of America, Pacific