Perch, Lake Victoria - SeafoodSource
2014年1月23日 · Formerly called Nile perch, Lake Victoria perch is a freshwater fish found in central Africa’s lakes and rivers. Lake Victoria, roughly the size of South Carolina and with 2,000 miles of shoreline, claims the largest population of this species.
Nile perch - Wikipedia
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.
Origins of the Nile Perch in Lake Victoria - Oxford Academic
2005年9月1日 · The nonnative Nile perch (Lates niloticus) in Lake Victoria, and the ecological changes associated with the species' establishment and expansion there, has elicited tremendous attention from biologists. Yet it has never been clear why, when, or …
The Nile Perch in Lake Victoria: Local Responses and Adaptations
2011年3月3日 · Introduced into Lake Victoria in the 1950s, the Nile perch has gained fame for prompting rapid regional economic growth and for driving scores of endemic fish species into extinction. This study uses oral and archival data to trace the historical development of the Nile perch fishery on Lake Victoria. Particular emphasis is placed on local ...
The Biodiversity Crisis: Lake Victoria - AMNH
After undergoing these stresses, the lake’s ecosystem suffered its severest blow of all in 1954—with the introduction of the Nile perch, a huge, voracious predator. Weighing up to 136 kilograms, the perch were introduced to give the local fishers a bigger fish to catch.
Lates niloticus (Victoria perch) - ADW
The introduction of the Nile Perch to Lake Victoria has caused serious ecological problems. The richness and diversity of endemic cichlid species is rapidly declining. Over 300 native species have already been driven to extinction due to the feeding patterns of …
Nile perch invasion triggered genetic bottlenecks in lake Victoria…
2024年6月17日 · Newfound evidence reveals that the upsurge of the exotic Nile perch in Lake Victoria had long-lasting effects on the genetic diversity of various local cichlid species, report scientists from...
Nile perch (Lates niloticus) - Species Profile
The Nile perch is of great commercial importance in East Africa (especially the Lake Victoria Basin), where the fishery has brought modernization (e.g., electricity) and profitability to fishing villages that were traditionally based on subsistence fishing (Abila 1998).
THE NILE PERCH IN LAKE VICTORIA: INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PREDATION AND ...
1997年5月1日 · Introduction of the exotic Nile perch (Lates niloticus) into Africa’s Lake Victoria accelerated decline of the diverse, endemic ichthyofauna, altered food web structure, and created valuable fisheries. As the Nile perch population expanded and predation rates increased, many of the endemic fish species disappeared, total fishery yield ...
The origins of the Nile perch in Lake Victoria — Princeton …
The nonnative Nile perch (Lates niloticus) in Lake Victoria, and the ecological changes associated with the species' establishment and expansion there, has elicited tremendous attention from biologists. Yet it has never been clear why, when, or by whom the fish was introduced.