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Tilapia vs Basa - What's the difference?

tilapia | basa |

As nouns the difference between tilapia and basa

is that tilapia is any of various edible fish, of the genus Tilapia, native to Africa and the Middle East but naturalized worldwide while basa is the catfish Pangasius bocourti.

tilapia

English

(wikipedia tilapia)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Any of various edible fish, of the genus Tilapia , native to Africa and the Middle East but naturalized worldwide.
  • * 2006 , , “Bottom of the World”:
    • Well I dined last night with Scarface Ron
    On tilapia fishcakes and fried black swan.

    Synonyms

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    basa

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The catfish Pangasius bocourti .
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