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Perciformes over 10 kg

Lates niloticus

Nile Perch

Native range continent: Africa

Lates niloticus is listed in the freshwater record catalogue (Perciformes over 10 kg).

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Record photograph for Lates niloticus
caught by Tim Smith · caught by Tim Smith · Record catch photograph

Record claims

Within the current result set, documented rod-and-reel weights are preferred, then documented unknown-method weights, then other methods, then found-dead. Length is used only when no weight exists; age only when neither weight nor length exists. Questionable claims appear only if nothing documented remains. Ties prefer the larger value, then exact over approximate/over, then the newer year.

Rod & reel Documented

112,94 kg · 208 cm

Weight and length are not asserted as the same specimen.

Method
Rod & reel
Year
2009
Place
Murchison Falls, Victoria Nile · Uganda · Africa
Catch photographs
Record photograph for Lates niloticus
caught by Tim Smith · caught by Tim Smith · Record catch photo
Other methods Documented

~ 154 kg · ~ 200 cm

Weight and length are not asserted as the same specimen.

Method
Other methods
Year
199?
Place
Lake Chamo · Ethiopia · Africa
Catch photographs
Record photograph for Lates niloticus
courtesy of Jeremy Wade · Record catch photo

maybe the largest catch with published photo, only flesh weighed, total weight estimated

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