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.