Nile perch (Lates niloticus) Description
English: Juvenile Nile Perch (Lates niloticus), postcard drawing by Mrs. Hopson 1966, Lake Chad Research Station, Malamfatori, Nigeria
Date 25 November 2011
Source Guy Immega
Author Guy Immega
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Capitaine_Nile_Perch.jpg
The Nile perch (Lates niloticus) is a species of freshwater fish in family Latidae of order Perciformes. It is widespread throughout much of the Afrotropic ecozone, being native to the Congo, Nile, Senegal, Niger, and Lake Chad, Volta, Lake Turkana, and other river basins.