Secure Fisheries Project Officer Paige Roberts prepares haplochromine fish for sampling during a 10-day research study done by the National Science Foundation. [Photo: Maureen Odiwuor, Standard] ...

Pictured on the left is the Nile perch, a voracious predator introduced into Lake Victoria by humans to satisfy meat demands in the 1950s. On the right, several species of endemic cichlids that were ...

Forty years ago, the Nile perch was introduced to Lake Victoria, the vast freshwater lake that unites the borders of Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania. There, in a region some believe the birthplace of ...

This study clarifies the impact of the invasive Nile perch on the genetic structure of haplochromines in Lake Victoria.

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Angling legend Andy Coetzee heads to Central Africa in search of a leviathan -- the Nile perch. Join him on an epic battle against angry waters, ...