NILE PERCH QUESTION!!!!

[proaquatics]

juvinile perch:coloration is black and almost white/gray

will the color just fade to a brown as the grow correct??

or do different region niles hold more color then others as they grow??


odd question but i need it answered

 

[xander]

bump. i want this question answered too

 

[cichlaguapote]

I believe there are many different sub-species of "nile perch".. Like 4 or 5 of them? Fugupuff knows alot about them.

 

[channarox]

lots of subspecies.

 

[M|L]

there's really no definitive answer to your question. there are claims out there, but since the nile perch is not widely available and there aren't much data, no one knows.

however, I've never seen an adult nile perch that exhibits any other coloration other than the usual silver. so it doesn't matter if the juvenile fish of a "sub-species" have more distinctive color or pattern, they all pretty much grow up being silverish.

 

[milokai]

here u go matt about 7inches and 18incher african nile

 

[fugupuff]

lates niloticus is obviously just one species of fish., some say there are subspecies, which has not been substantiated. However, they do vary in colors from mood mostly, they can change from silver, brow, to black with spots of gold or white.

as for Lates the genus as a whole, there are over 10 different species of them, many come from Africa, some are found only in certain lakes, endemic to that region.

Lates niloticus is widely distributed throughout Africa, and attain the largest in size, over 150 kg fish have been reported!

Lates angustifrons, mariea, microlepis are found in Tanganiyka lake, and are sometimes exported you could differentiate them from the caudal fin, which some are forked, some squared, and some round.

A few really rare ones from Africa are Lates stappersi, which is skinny and long, looks completely different!

there are a few Lates that are Euryhaline, which means they can live in fresh, or brackish, and salt water at times. Lates japonicus, calcarifer are the more often seen ones. then there are lateolabrax altus and japonicus, and psammoperca weigensis, which are similar looking fish that are found mainly in the ocean.