WoRMS taxon details
Lates calcarifer (Bloch, 1790)
278957 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:278957)
accepted
Species
Coius vacti Hamilton, 1822 · unaccepted
Holocentrus calcarifer Bloch, 1790 · unaccepted
Lates darwiniensis MacLeay, 1878 · unaccepted
Pseudolates cavifrons Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Holocentrus calcarifer Bloch, 1790) Bloch, M. E. (1790). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 4: i-xii + 1-128, Pls. 217-252. [Also a French edition, Ichthyologie, ou Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des poissons, v. 7, published 1797.].
page(s): 100, Pl. 244 [details]
page(s): 100, Pl. 244 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Lates calcarifer (Bloch, 1790). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=278957 on 2026-05-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lates darwiniensis MacLeay, 1878) Macleay, W. (1878). The fishes of Port Darwin. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 2 (pt 4): 344-367, Pls. 7-10. [details]
original description (of Coius vacti Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6897
page(s): 86, 369, Pl. 16 (fig. 28) [details]
original description (of Holocentrus calcarifer Bloch, 1790) Bloch, M. E. (1790). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 4: i-xii + 1-128, Pls. 217-252. [Also a French edition, Ichthyologie, ou Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des poissons, v. 7, published 1797.].
page(s): 100, Pl. 244 [details]
original description (of Pseudolates cavifrons Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877) Alleyne, H. G.; Macleay, W. (1877). The ichthyology of the Chevert expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 1 (pts 3-4): 261-281, 321-359, Pls. 3-9, 10-17. [Pp. 261-281, Pls. 3-9 published Feb. 1877; pp. 321-359, Pls. 10-17 published Mar. 1877.]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.12420 [details]
original description (of Coius vacti Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6897
page(s): 86, 369, Pl. 16 (fig. 28) [details]
original description (of Holocentrus calcarifer Bloch, 1790) Bloch, M. E. (1790). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 4: i-xii + 1-128, Pls. 217-252. [Also a French edition, Ichthyologie, ou Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des poissons, v. 7, published 1797.].
page(s): 100, Pl. 244 [details]
original description (of Pseudolates cavifrons Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877) Alleyne, H. G.; Macleay, W. (1877). The ichthyology of the Chevert expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 1 (pts 3-4): 261-281, 321-359, Pls. 3-9, 10-17. [Pp. 261-281, Pls. 3-9 published Feb. 1877; pp. 321-359, Pls. 10-17 published Mar. 1877.]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.12420 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species impact Chinese part of the Eastern Chinese Sea (Marine Region) Consumes native species (predator or herbivore) [details]Introduced species impact Chinese part of the Eastern Chinese Sea (Marine Region) Outcompetes native species for resources and/or space [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal Chinese part of the Eastern China Sea (Marine Region) Aquaculture
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| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | barramundi | [details] |
| English | giant seaperchbarramundi | [details] |
| French | perche barramundi | [details] |
| German | Barramundi | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (524 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Pseudolates cavifrons Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (145 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Coius vacti Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications) (from synonym Holocentrus calcarifer Bloch, 1790)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Lates darwiniensis MacLeay, 1878)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lates calcarifer)
To FAO Cultured Aquatic species fact sheets
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Coius vacti Hamilton, 1822)
To FishBase (from synonym Holocentrus calcarifer Bloch, 1790)
To FishBase (from synonym Lates darwiniensis MacLeay, 1878)
To FishBase (from synonym Pseudolates cavifrons Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877)
To GenBank (647525 nucleotides; 46322 proteins) (from synonym Holocentrus calcarifer Bloch, 1790)
To GenBank (647525 nucleotides; 46322 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lates calcarifer USNM 403154 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lates calcarifer USNM 439965 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Pseudolates cavifrons Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (145 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Coius vacti Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications) (from synonym Holocentrus calcarifer Bloch, 1790)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Lates darwiniensis MacLeay, 1878)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lates calcarifer)
To FAO Cultured Aquatic species fact sheets
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Coius vacti Hamilton, 1822)
To FishBase (from synonym Holocentrus calcarifer Bloch, 1790)
To FishBase (from synonym Lates darwiniensis MacLeay, 1878)
To FishBase (from synonym Pseudolates cavifrons Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877)
To GenBank (647525 nucleotides; 46322 proteins) (from synonym Holocentrus calcarifer Bloch, 1790)
To GenBank (647525 nucleotides; 46322 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lates calcarifer USNM 403154 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lates calcarifer USNM 439965 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
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