Tilapias are a group of “Cichlid” fish native to the African Continent. In the Central African Countries, farming of Tilapias in ponds was introduced after Second World War and then soon spread to most of the tropical and sub-tropical countries of the world and hence they are referred to as international fish. Although most of the natural resources of Tilapias are found mainly in Africa, nearly 80% of the global Aquaculture production of Tilapias of about 5.0 million metric tonnes comes from Asia. Tilapias are considered the most important aquaculture species of the 21st century and they are being cultured in 100 countries of the world commercially, ranging from extensive to super-intensive scale
