Il persico del Nilo, Lates niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nomi comuni esteri - Inglese - Nile perch, Victoria perch, African snook. Spagnolo - Perca del Nilo. Portoghese - Perca-do-Nilo. Francese - Perche du Nil. Tedesco - Nilbarsch, Albertseebarsch, Victoriabarsch, Victoriasee-Barsch. Danese - Nilaborre. Svedese - Nilabborre. Norvegese - Nilabbor. Finnico - Niilinahven. Arabo - Aigle, Am'kal, Am'kaltâya, Amukal, Igl. Nigeria - Aja, Bangur, Giwan ruwa, Giwan ruwan, Igbo, Kima, Kina. Chad - Fel, Fon'dolâ, Namal. Sudan - Cal, Ceil, Gubro, Gur, Gwet, Ndeni, Nganzi. Ghana - Dzo, Leshie, Lesi. Senegal - Diène wekh. Burkina Faso - Saalen, Burkina Faso. Kenia -Idji, Iji, Jinte, Mbuta, Mputa. Uganda - Mputa. Tanzania - Chengu, Mkombozi, Sangala, Sangara.

Labrus niloticus Linnaeus 1758. Systema Naturae, Ed. X. (Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.) Holmiae. Systema Nat. ed. 10 i-ii + 1-824; v. 1 286. Status: nomenclatura originaria, non valida. Opinioni: nomenclatura valida come "Lates niloticus" (Linnaeus 1758), per Greenwood 1976:77, Daget 1986:293 ma in origine ascritto al genere  "Perca", Lévêque et al. 1989:121, Paugy & Bénech 1989:304, Paugy et al. 1990:342, Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1992:662, Evseenko 1996:727, Fuller et al. 1999:343, Dankwa et al. 1999:44, Seegers et al. 2003:42, Otero 2004:86. Località tipo: Egitto. Tipo: non è noto nessun esemplare tipo.

Lates niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758). Systema Nat. ed. 10 v. 1 286. Status: nuova nomenclatura, valida.

Centropomus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758). Systema Nat. ed. 10 v. 1 286. Status: nuova nomenclatura, non valida.

Lates niloticus macrolepidota Pellegrin 1922. Poissons de l'Oubanghi-Chari recueillis par M. Baudon. Description d'un genre, de cinq espèces et d'une variété. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. 64-76; v. 47 76. Status: sinonimo junior, nomenclatura non valida. Opinioni: sinonimo di "Lates niloticus" (Linnaeus 1758), per Daget 1986:294. Catalogo: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:73. Località tipo: fiume Oubanghi a Bangui, Congo Francese. Tipo: MNHN 1921-0444.

Lates niloticus macrolepidotus Pellegrin, 1922. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. v. 47 76. Status: vedere sopra.

Lates albertianus Worthington 1929. New species of fish from the Albert Nyanza and Lake Kioga. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 429-440; Pt. 3 437 Figs. 8-9. Status: sinonimo junior, nomenclatura non valida. Opinioni: sinonimo di "Lates niloticus" (Linnaeus 1758), per Daget 1986:294, Otero 2004:86. Località tipo: Lago Alberto [Lago Nyanza]. Tipo: mancante. Sintipi: (50) BMNH 1904.1.19.20 (1), 1929.4.16.31-37 (7), 1929.1.24.345-346 (3, ? adesso 2).

Lates niloticus albertianus Worthington, 1929. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. Pt. 3 437 Figs. 8-9. Status: vedere sopra.

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