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Lates niloticus (Victoria perch; Nile perch)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Nile perch (Lates niloticus) is a species of freshwaterfish 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. It also occurs in the brackish waters of Lake Maryut in Egypt. Originally described as Labrus niloticus, among the marine wrasses, the species has also been referred to as Centropomus niloticus. Common names include African snook, Victoria perch (a misleading trade name, as the species is not native to Lake Victoria), and a large number of local names in various African languages, such as the Luo name mbuta or mputa. In Tanzania, it is called sangara, sankara or chenku. In Francophone African countries, it is known as cap
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Infraspecies

Invasive Species

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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  242.51 lbs (110.00 kg)
Female Maturity [1]  2 years 6 months
Maximum Longevity [1]  7 years 9 months
Migration [2]  Potamodromous

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
East Texas Gulf United States Nearctic Temperate Coastal Rivers    

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Brycinus nurse (Silversides)1
Enteromius brevipinnis (Shortfin Barb)1
Hepsetus odoe (Pike characid)1
Hydrocynus forskahlii (Tigerfish)1
Rastrineobola argentea (Silver cyprinid)1

Predators

Bagrus bajad (Silver catfish)[3]
Lates niloticus (Victoria perch)[3]

Consumers

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
2Riede, Klaus (2004) Global Register of Migratory Species - from Global to Regional Scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. 330 pages + CD-ROM
3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
4Budeba YL (1999) The role of Caridina Nilotica (Roux) in Lake Victoria fisheries with reference to Lates niloticus (L.). In: Report on the 4th Fisheries Data Working Group (FIDAWOG) Workshop (eds IGCowx & D. Tweddle) pp. 163–74. LVFRP, Jinja, Uganda.
5ANALYSES OF THE STOMACH CONTENTS OF THE PISCIVOROUS FISHES OF THE UPPER OGUN RIVER IN NIGERIA, A. A. ADEBISI, Hydrobiologia 79, 167-177 (1981).
6Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0