Nile perch
Lates niloticus
CommonPhoto: Pavel Zuber · CC BY-SA 3.0
Fishcarnivore
The Nile perch is a freshwater fish found in rivers and lakes across Africa, from the Nile to Lake Chad. Known by many local names, it’s an important food source in East Africa. This ray-finned fish thrives in both freshwater and slightly salty waters.
- Known locally as 'giwan ruwa,' meaning 'water elephant.'
- Found in the Congo, Nile, and Lake Turkana.
- Also lives in brackish waters like Egypt’s Lake Maryut.
FreshwaterWetlandAfrica
Read more on WikipediaAt a glance
- Classification
- Fish
- Scientific name
- Lates niloticus
- Habitat
- Freshwater, Wetland
- Regions in this directory
- Africa
- Diet
- carnivore
- Relative size
- large
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern (LC)
