Lates niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758)


Maximum recorded size:
200.0 cm SL (male)

Specimens

Specimen n°Collection n°Collection nameLocality (Country) SizeSexNumber of photos
57MRAC-88-023-P-438Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-AfrikaNile basin (Egypt) 37.0 cm (SL)
43.5 cm (TL)
Unknown sex35

Geographical areas
where this species is found

Name of the geographical area (environment) Maximum recorded size of species
Neotropical (freshwater) No data
Abaya (freshwater) No data
Bandama (freshwater) No data
Benue River (freshwater) No data
Boubo (freshwater) No data
Chad (freshwater) No data
Comoé (freshwater) No data
Congo (freshwater) No data
Corubal (freshwater) No data
Cross (freshwater) No data
Ethiopian (freshwater) No data
Fatala (freshwater) No data
Gambia (freshwater) No data
Géba (freshwater) No data
Great Scarcies (freshwater) No data
Kainji Lake (freshwater) No data
Kasai River (freshwater) No data
Kogon (freshwater) No data
Konkouré (freshwater) No data
Lake Turkana (freshwater) No data
Little Scarcies (freshwater) No data
Lower Congo (freshwater) No data
Lualaba (freshwater) No data
Malebo Pool (freshwater) No data
Marine Lower Congo (brackish) No data
Middle Congo (freshwater) No data
Moa (freshwater) No data
Mono (freshwater) No data
Niger (freshwater) No data
Nile (freshwater) No data
Ogun (freshwater) No data
Oshun (freshwater) No data
Ouémé (freshwater) No data
Pampana (freshwater) No data
Rokel (freshwater) No data
Saint John (freshwater) No data
Saint Paul (freshwater) No data
Sanaga (freshwater) No data
Sangha (freshwater) No data
Sassandra (freshwater) No data
Senegal (freshwater) No data
Sewa (freshwater) No data
Tumba (freshwater) No data
Ubangui (freshwater) No data
Uélé (freshwater) No data
Upper Lualaba (freshwater) No data
Victoria (freshwater) No data
Volta (freshwater) No data

Anatomical structures available
for this species

Bone nameNumber of photos
premaxillary3
maxillary5
dentary3
articular3
quadrate4
hyomandibular2
opercle2
neurocranium3
precaudal vertebra 12
precaudal vertebra 52
caudal vertebra 12
preural vertebra 62
urostyle2