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    Species Accepted

    Lates niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758)

    African Snook

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Recorded as introduced in 9 countries or islands

      9 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      CubaNo
      EgyptNo
      IndonesiaYes
      KenyaYes
      Tanzania, United Republic ofYes
      UgandaYes
      UgandaYes
      UgandaYes
      UgandaYes

      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      50 results
      African Snook English
      Aigle Arabic
      Aja Not specified
      Albertseebarsch German
      Am'kal Arabic
      Am'kaltâya Arabic
      Amukal Arabic
      Bangur Not specified
      Barramundi-do-Nilo Portuguese
      Chengu Not specified

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      7 results
      Linnæus, Carolus. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. Tomus I, Editio decima, reformata: i-ii, 1-824.
      Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm], 1. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.542 10.5962/bhl.title.542
      Worthington, E. B. (1932). Scientific results of the Cambridge Expedition to the East African lakes, 1930-1. --2. Fishes other than Cichlidae. The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology, v. 38 (no. 258): 121–134. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1932.tb00697.x 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1932.tb00697.x
      VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota’s, BIN 2016_001, Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=258892
      Zicha O, Hrb J, Maňas M, Novák J, and BioLib contributors. BioLib.cz: Taxonomic tree of plants and animals with photos. 1999 - 2019, https://www.biolib.cz/en/main/
      Worthington, E. B. (1929). New species of fish from the Albert Nyanza and Lake Kioga. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, (Pt 3, no. 29) (art. 34): 429–440. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1929.tb07698.x 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1929.tb07698.x
      Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025). https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1128

      Citation

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