The Biology and Culture of Tilapias

Acknowledgments

Dr. D. Pauly of ICLARM and Dr. R. Lowe-McConnell translated our French
manuscript and revised the final version of the paper; we are indebted to
them for their kind cooperation. We are also grateful to Dr. E. Trewavas
for comments on the distribution maps and Drs. M.S. Caulton, B. Hepher,
/ L. Lovshin and J. Moreau for supplying additional information on tilapia

distribution and introductions. Thanks are due to colleagues of the Univer-

sity of Libge, Dr. J. Voss, Mrs. C. Guyot-Hass6 and Mr. Ch. MQlard who

helped to gather the literature. The first author, Dr. J-C1. Philippart prepared

this review while a Research Associate of the Belgian National Foundation

for Scientific Research (Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique, FNRS).