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
Nero exploration of Nile river suggest that the Roman legionaries of Nero probably reached the Murchison Falls in Uganda (but there it is a major controversy about this very difficult achievement). Nero exploration of Nile river The Roman exploration of the Nile River under Nero was a Roman attempt to reach the sources of the Nile river. It was organized by emperor Nero in 60/61 AD. How successful the expedition was is disputed by historians. Emperor Nero around 61 AD sent a small group of praetorian guards to explore the sources of the Nile River in Africa. He did this in order to obtain information