Family Pomacanthidae. Fish in Pomacanthidae Perciform fish (perch-like) Marine angelfishes.
SOLUTION NILE PERCH (LATES NILOTICUS). BIG fish with an enormous appetite. Nile perch eat fish...
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SOLUTION
NILE PERCH (LATES NILOTICUS)
• BIG fish with an enormous appetite. Nile perch eat fish (including their own species) crustaceans, insects, and mollusks.
• Can live up to 16 years and the females reach sexual maturity at 3 years of age.
• Prolific breeders producing up to 16 million eggs per breeding cycle.
• An easy fish to catch using commercial fishing techniques.
• A popular fish in sport fishing.
• The introduction of the Nile perch has had a significant effect on the fishing industry.
• Large factory fishing corporations have prospered greatly due to the development of the Nile perch.
• Labor demands have increased as well for the fishing, processing transport and export of the fish.
All along the lake shore, “boom towns” have cropped up.