Lates niloticus

Basic information
Scientific name	Lates niloticus	(No picture)
Common names	Nile perch
Higher taxon	Latidae, Periciformes, Actinopterygii
Natural range	W, C, & E Africa (Nile River System).
Habitat	Rivers, lakes (coastal zone), channels, etc.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Not established in Japan
Origin	Unintroduced to Japan.
Date
Route	Deliberate (distributed as pet animal in Japan; introduced for export as food in Africa).
Impact	Potentially: Predation and competition. This species was introduced to Lake Victoria, Africa, in 1950s, and become dominant (80% fish biomass) in 1980s. In addition, forest around Lake Victoria have been deforested for fuel for process of Nile perch meat to export. Native organism(s) affected: Native community, such as fishes, crustaceans, etc.
Regulation in Japan	Invasive alien species (Invasive Species Act)
Introduced range in other countries	Introduced within Africa (to Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Lake Victoria, etc.). Introduced to but not established in Morocco, USA, and Cuba.

Reference

Notes

DECO (ed) (2006) Dictionary of Alien Species. Tokyo-Shoseki, Tokyo. (in Jpn)
Froese & Pauly (eds) (2009) FishBase. http://www.fishbase.org/
Global Invasive Species Database http://www.issg.org/database
JWRC (ed) (2008) A Photographic Guide to the Invasive Alien Species in Japan. Heibonsha. (in Jpn)
Outline of alien species that was deemed appropriate for designation as Invasive alien species at a specialist meeting(Accessed on 2018-12-07)https://www.env.go.jp/press/files/jp/29584.pdf
etc.

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