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Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

Isn't the Nile Tilapia called Pla Nin? The red hybrid is called Pla Tubtim, meaning Pomegranate fish.

If I read on a menu Nile Tilapia, I would expect to get a Pla Nin not a Tubtim.

Maybe Red Nile Tilapia would be better?

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Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

Isn't the Nile Tilapia called Pla Nin? The red hybrid is called Pla Tubtim, meaning Pomegranate fish.

If I read on a menu Nile Tilapia, I would expect to get a Pla Nin not a Tubtim.

Maybe Red Nile Tilapia would be better?

That's how they label it at my local Makro "Red Nile Tilapia".

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Thanks for the reply.

Neither sounds appetizing on a gourmet restaurant menu. Also this is a local fish so Nile sounds.. so far

It's a farm raised fish, yes? I don't think Red Nile Tilapia sounds at all bad.

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Thanks for the reply.

Neither sounds appetizing on a gourmet restaurant menu. Also this is a local fish so Nile sounds.. so far

Use "pomegranate fish" it's the translation.

Oreochromis niloticus is also commercially known as Mango fish or Nilotica

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Thanks for the reply.

Neither sounds appetizing on a gourmet restaurant menu. Also this is a local fish so Nile sounds.. so far

Use "pomegranate fish" it's the translation.

Oreochromis niloticus is also commercially known as Mango fish or Nilotica

I would prefer "Cod and Chips".

Sounds far better than "Oreochromis niloticus", especially for a Gourmet menu.

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Thanks for the reply.

Neither sounds appetizing on a gourmet restaurant menu. Also this is a local fish so Nile sounds.. so far

No offense, but the Tubtim isn't a 'gourmet' fish. There's a reason why it's the cheapest fish in the market!

For any menu that Tubtim is on, then Red Nile Tilapia sounds good enough, calling it anything else will just confuse your customers.

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Thanks for the reply.

Neither sounds appetizing on a gourmet restaurant menu. Also this is a local fish so Nile sounds.. so far

Anyone who thinks "Tilapia" belongs on a gourmet restaurant menu is fishing in the wrong pond, IMHO.

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