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
Our Lady of the Nile société qui chemine inexorablement vers l'horreur" ("With bitter and tense writing, "Our Lady of the Nile" depicts a society walking inexorably towards horror"). Brian P. Kelly of "The New Criterion" wrote that the book "is a snapshot of the social and racial conflicts that eventually led to the 1994 massacres." Madeleine LaRue of "Music & Literature" wrote that "The West has indeed too often dismissed suffering in Africa, but books like "Our Lady of the Nile" remind us why we must not be dismissive, why we must not look away." The story takes place at an all-girls lycée at the