Victoria perch

Order Perciformes

Family Centrarchidae

Freshwater fish with regularly ossified skeleton. Body elongate, compressed. Head with concave snout profile, lower jaw prominent; opercule with one spine. Lateral line extends onto caudal peduncle, reaching posterior margin of fin. Dorsal fin bipartite with several spines on the first part; 1 spine and several soft rays on the second. Anal fin with spines and soft rays. Caudal fin rounded. Colour: Body uniformly silvery or dark greyish-blue dorsally, greyish-silver on flank and ventrally. Fins greyish. Interior of eye visibly yellowish. Maximum size up to 200 cm and maximum weight: 200 kg.

Characteristics

FAO code
NIP

Specie
Lates niloticus

Type
White fish

FAO Fishing Areas

Area 1: Africa - Inland waters
Area 2: America, North - Inland waters

Fishing seasons

feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec

International denominations

Germany Victoriabarsch

China 尼罗鲈

France Perche du Nil

Italy Persico del Nilo

Portugal Perca do Nilo

United Kingdom Victoria perch

Fishing areas

Fishing arts

Aquaculture

Gillnets

Hooks

Pots traps

Purse seines

Trawls

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