Nile perch Nile perch 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. 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 (a
Nile (TV series) Nile (TV series) Nile is a 2004 BBC Television documentary that tells the history and natural history of the Nile. The series was produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in co-production with the Discovery Channel. Episode three includes footage from the 1971 BBC Television mini-series "The Search for the Nile". "The Times" calls it an, "enlightening BBC series," that, "uses stunning photography and restrained dramatisations to pay homage to the longest river on Earth." The reviewer concludes, "never mind the cardboard dramatisations — this is an heroic story." Since the dawn of history the miraculous annual floodwaters have risen