what is talopia
Tilapia (/tÉ¨ËlÉËpiÉ/ ti-LAH-pee-É) is the common name for nearly a hundred species of cichlid fish from the tilapiine cichlid tribe.Tilapia are mainly freshwater fish inhabiting shallow streams, ponds, rivers and lakes and less commonly found living in brackish water.ther than their temperature sensitivity, tilapia exist in or can adapt to a very wide range of conditions. One extreme example is the Salton Sea, where tilapia introduced when the water was brackish now live in saltwater so salty that it kills marine fish.