Japanese sea bass

Japanese sea bass
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Lateolabracidae
Genus: Lateolabrax
Species:
L. japonicus
Binomial name
Lateolabrax japonicus
(G. Cuvier, 1828)
Synonyms
  • Labrax japonicus G. Cuvier, 1828
  • Percalabrax japonicus (G. Cuvier, 1828)
  • Holocentrum maculatum McClelland, 1844
  • Lateolabrax maculatus (McClelland, 1844)
  • Percalabrax poecilonotus Dabry de Thiersant, 1872
  • Percalabrax spilonotus Dabry de Thiersant, 1872
  • Percalabrax tokionensis Döderlein, 1883

The Japanese sea bass (Lateolabrax japonicus) is a species of catadromous marine ray-finned fish from the Asian sea bass family Lateolabracidae which is found in the Western Pacific.