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Lates calcarifer (Bloch, 1790) 
AphiaID: 278957

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Latidae (Family) > Lates (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Lates Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828
Synonymised
taxa
  Coius vacti Hamilton, 1822
Holocentrus calcarifer Bloch, 1790
Lates darwiniensis Macleay, 1878
Pseudolates cavifrons Alleyne & Macleay, 1877
Sources  additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English barramundi  [details]
English giant seaperch  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Host of  Caligus diaphanus von Nordmann, 1832 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus epidemicus Hewitt, 1971 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus orientalis Gusev, 1951 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus pagrosomi Yamaguti, 1939 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus punctatus Shiino, 1955 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus rotundigenitalis Yü, 1933 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Ergasilus ogawai Kabata, 1992 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lernanthropus latesi Tripathi, 1962 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lernanthropus latis Yamaguti, 1954 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (48 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (131 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FAO Cultured Aquatic species fact sheets
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To GenBank (23719 nucleotides; 314 proteins)
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:278957
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  created  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Lates calcarifer (Bloch, 1790). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=278957 on 2013-06-20
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