Royal Nile Perch

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what distinguishes a 'royal' nile perch from the typical nile perch?


the marble coloring that is more contrasting than the regular ones., and also stated on the first page

we call those the royal, as they could possibly be the true nile perch, they come out of congo, but don't grow as large, and fast, and usually have very high contrasting colors.

in the past we've received them from Nigeria, they only exhibit this color when really small, but typically will fade into a uniformly brown/gray color, and grow much faster. I was told those may actually be a hybrid, and introduced into the wild as food source, one of the original ones to cause the depletion and eco imbalance. of course I have no way of proving this, but I do as well have years of experience with this group, Lates.
 
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