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Lates calcarifer, 2014 09 19a🐟

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SpeciesPerciformesLatidae
Fish

🐟Barramundi

Lates calcarifer (Bloch, 1790)

The barramundi, Asian sea bass, Asian sea lates, giant sea lates, or giant sea perch is a species of catadromous fish in the family Latidae of the order Carangiformes. 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.

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Measurements
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Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2019.

Population trendUnknown
Key measurements
Body mass
60 kg
Body length
1.5 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
35 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Barramundi

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
60 kgmaximum recorded
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Body length
1.5 mrecord 2 m · FishBasetypical adult
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Record: largest individual on record

Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Maximum lifespan
35 yearsmaximum recorded
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Trophic level
3.83
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 3.83 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
harmless
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Volume l
60 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Barramundi yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderPerciformes
  4. ›familyLatidae
  5. ›genusLates
  6. ›speciesLates calcarifer
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  2. orderAcanthomorphata
  3. familyCentropomidae
  4. genusLates
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. orderAcanthomorphata
  10. familyCentropomidae
  11. genusLates
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尖吻鲈 (zh), Perca-gigante (pt), Barramundi (pl), Brochet de mer (fr), Lates calcarifer (es), ปลากะพงขาว (th) … and 18 more languages
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