Tilapia is one of the most productive and internationally traded food fish in the world. The production of farmed tilapia is among the fastest expanding food sectors in the world. Nile tilapia ( Oreochromis niloticus) is the most cultured freshwater species among the farmed tilapia and contributes about 71% of the world total tilapia production.
Tilapia is one of the most important farmed fish species worldwide (FAO 2018) and an important source of protein (Fitzsimmons 2000;Hai 2015). Due to its sequenced genome (Conte et al. 2017), easy reproduction, efficiency in adapting to diverse diets, high resistance to diseases and handling practices, and high tolerance of a wide variety of husbandry conditions, it is considered an ideal model in toxicological research.
