Barramundi

This article is about the Asian sea bass. For other uses including other fish, see Barramundi (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Australian lungfish, which is also known as barramunda.

Barramundi
A barramundi at the National Zoo & Aquarium, Canberra, Australia.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Latidae
Genus: Lates
Species:
L. calcarifer
Binomial name
Lates calcarifer
(Bloch, 1790)
Synonyms[2]

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  • Holocentrus calcarifer Bloch, 1790
  • Coius vacti F. Hamilton, 1822
  • Pseudolates cavifrons Alleyne & W. J. Macleay, 1877
  • Lates darwiniensis W. J. Macleay, 1878

The barramundi (Lates calcarifer), Asian sea bass, or giant sea perch (also known as dangri, apahap[2] or siakap) is a species of catadromous fish in the family Latidae of the order Perciformes. The species is widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific, spanning the waters of the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Oceania.

  1. ^ Pal, M.; Morgan, D.L. (2019). "Lates calcarifer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T166627A1139469. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T166627A1139469.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lates calcarifer". FishBase. December 2019 version.