The goal of this study was to investigate the effect of salinity on the activity of the main transmembrane protein involved in osmoregulation in the gills of tilapia Sarotherodon melanotheron heudelotii from a hypersalé estuary (Saloum, Senegal). In a controlled environment, juveniles of S. m. heudelotii initially high TO 0.3 PSU in fresh water (ED) have been divided into two groups, a control group maintained in ED and a direct transfer of the ed to 35 psu in sea water (EM) has been performed on the other group. A portion of the fish in EM have then been acclimated to waters hypersaline (EHS) by a gradual increase of 7 psu/day up to 70 (EHS70) and 90 psu (EHS90). The activity of the enzyme was measured by the determination of the amount of inorganic phosphate and proteins released after 24, 72, 240 and 720 hours of exposure to different salinities. Between the ED and the EM, the activity of the pump has increased slightly but significantly. Of the EM to the ESH70 and the EHS90, the activity of the Na + /K +-ATPase has strongly increased. This continual increase significant and of the activity of the enzyme with the increase in salinity indicates an effective adaptation of S. melanotheron face to changes in salinity. The strong increase in the activity to high salinities compared to low salinities suggests a nuance in the osmoregulatory mechanisms between these two ranges of salinities in this fish.