niloticus, Labrus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:286 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Egypt. No types known. See Harrison 1991 [ref. 20142]. •Valid as Lates niloticus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Greenwood 1976:77 [ref. 14198], Daget 1986:293 [ref. 6203] but with original genus as Perca, Lévêque et al. 1989:121 [ref. 26480], Paugy & Bénech 1989:304 [ref. 26478], Paugy et al. 1990:342 [ref. 26477], Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1992:662 [ref. 21590], Evseenko 1996:727 [ref. 24666], Fuller et al. 1999:343 [ref. 25838], Dankwa et al. 1999:44 [ref. 28023], Seegers et al. 2003:42 [ref. 28087], Otero 2004:86 [ref. 27721], Liu 2007:405 [ref. 30077], Neumann et al. 2016:307 [ref. 35036], Akoth et al. 2023:14 [ref. 40069]). Current status: Valid as Lates niloticus (Linnaeus 1758). Latidae. Distribution: Africa: Western Africa, Nile basin and Congo basin; introduced in eastern African lakes. Habitat: freshwater.