Vlei Kurper (Banded Tilapia) Pictures & Photographs From South Africa

The Vlei Kurper is one of the most common species of Tilapia that occur in South African freshwater lakes, rivers, streams, dams and weirs. It is called the Banded Tilapia and is a very beautiful fish as you will see from some of the pictures below. Vlei Kurper can quite easily be caught with small hooks and they normally grow to close to 30cm in length. The Vlei Kurper (Banded Tilapia) can occur in many different colours from light green to very dark green and sometimes almost completely black.

Read more about the South African Vlei Kurper here...