Nile perch

Lates niloticus

Also calledQishr bayad قشر بياض (Egyptian Arabic) · Mbuta (Luganda/Luo) · Giwan ruwa (Hausa) · Capitaine (French, West Africa)

A giant predator of the Nile, Niger, Congo and Lake Chad that can reach 2 m and 200 kg. Its introduction into Lake Victoria in the 1950s caused one of the largest vertebrate extinction events of the 20th century and built a fillet-export industry.

The Nile perch, also known as the African snook, Goliath perch, Nile lates, African lates, Goliath lates, Victoria lates, African barramundi, Goliath barramundi, Giant lates or the Victoria perch, is a species of freshwater fish in the family Latidae of the order Carangiformes. It is widespread throughout much of the Afrotropical realm, being native to the Congo, Nile, Senegal, Niger and Lake Chad, Volta, Lake Turkana, and other river basins. It also occurs in the brackish waters of Lake Maryut in Egypt. The Nile perch is a fish of substantial economic and food-security importance in East Africa. Originally described as Labrus niloticus, among the marine wrasses, the species has also been referred to as Centropomus niloticus. Common names include African snook, Victoria perch, and many local names in various African languages, such as the Luo name mbuta or mputa. In Tanzania, it is called sangara, sankara, or chenku. In Francophone African countries, it is known as capitaine. Its name in the Hausa language is giwan ruwa, meaning "water elephant". Wikipedia