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Nile perch |
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Nile perchLarge food and game fish (family Latidae) found in the Nile and other African rivers and lakes. The Nile perch (Lates niloticus) has a large mouth and is greenish or brownish above, silvery below. It grows to about 6 ft (1.8 m) and weighs 300 lbs (140 kg). It has a slender body, a protruding lower jaw, a rounded tail, and two dorsal fins. Other species in the same family are found in African river systems and in Asian and Australian estuaries and coastal waters. The members of the family are sometimes classified with snooks (family Centropomidae). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The movie's story line can be summarized as follows: European concerns remove tons of Nile Perch from Lake Victoria each day and ship this fish to restaurants back home. Here's what happened: A few decades ago, somebody introduced the non-native Nile perch into the waters of the world's largest tropical lake. They spoke of catching 100-kilo Nile perch at certain times of the year and of how before the 20-year civil war the area used to supply markets as far away as Khartoum and the Congo. |
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