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Capture (blue) and aquaculture (green) production of Nile perch (Lates niloticus) in thousand tonnes from 1950 to 2022, as reported by the FAO [2]The Nile perch (Lates niloticus), also known as the African snook, Goliath perch, African barramundi, Goliath barramundi, Giant lates or the Victoria perch, is a species of freshwater fish in family Latidae of order Perciformes.
The Nile Perch (Lates niloticus) is locally known as "Empuuta", especially in the central region. It weighs up to 80 kilograms. It weighs up to 80 kilograms. In Uganda, it is a native species to Lake Albert where it is locally known as Gur, and the River Nile below Murchison Falls.
The Nile perch, however, does not eat this detritus, and it was argued that its introduction would do little to improve the over-all ecological efficiency of the lake. If any fish should be introduced, it should be a herbivore or a detritivore.
Perch is a common name for freshwater fish from the genus Perca, which belongs to the family Percidae of the large order Perciformes. The name comes from Greek : πέρκη , romanized : perke , meaning the type species of this genus, the European perch ( P. fluviatilis ).
One of the largest freshwater fishes is the Nile perch (Lates niloticus), which grows up to 200 kg (440 lb) and 2 m (6.6 ft). [114] The biggest of snappers is the Cubera snapper ( Lutjanus cyanopterus ) of the Caribbean sea and east coast of South America, at a maximum size of 57 kg (126 lb) and 1.6 m (5.2 ft) in length.
Lates niloticus, the Nile perch, a freshwater fish species found in Africa Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same abbreviated species scientific name .
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The silver cyprinid is the only native fish species which has remained abundant in Lake Victoria since the introduction of the Nile perch, Lates niloticus and Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus to the lake. These two species have almost wiped out the ende zooplankton eating haplochromine cichlids thus reducing competition for this species.