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Common Name: Tanganyika lates
Taxonomy: available through 
Identification: Howells 1992b.
Size: 4.5 kg.
Native Range: Lake Tanganyika, Africa (Robins et al. 1991b).
Nonindigenous Occurrences: Nile perch were imported to Texas in 1975 for research and had been stocked in Coleto Creek Reservoir in 1981 (Howells 1992a, 1992b) and in Smithers Reservoir in 1985 (Howells and Garrett 1992; Howells 1992a, 1992b) when the research ended.
Means of Introduction: Intentional stocking by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for sport fishing.
Status: It is believed that both stockings failed, since there have been no recent recoveries (Howells 1992a, 1992b).
Impact of Introduction: Unknown.
Remarks: None.
Howells, R. G. 1992a. Annotated list of introduced non-native fishes, mollusks, crustaceans and aquatic plants in Texas waters. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Management Data Series 78, Austin, TX. 19 pp.
Howells, R. G. 1992b. Guide to identification of harmful and potentially harmful fishes, shellfishes and aquatic plants prohibited in Texas. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Special Publication, Austin, TX. 182 pp. (+ appendices).
Howells, R. G., and G. P. Garrett. 1992. Status of some exotic sport fishes in Texas waters. Texas Journal of Science 44(3):317-324.
Robins, C. R., R. M. Bailey, C. E. Bond, J. R. Brooker, E. A. Lachner, R. N. Lea, and W. B. Scott. 1991b. World fishes important to North Americans exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 21. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD. 243 pp.
Other Resources:
FishBase Fact Sheet
Author: Pam Fuller
Revision Date: 11/13/2003 Citation for this information:
Pam Fuller. 2009. Lates angustifrons. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=410> Revision Date: 11/13/2003
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