barramundi, Asian sea bass (Lates calcarifer) Lates calcarifer (Barramundi) at the National Zoo & Aquarium in Canberra, Australia
Date 19 September 2014, 16:02:23
Author Mitch Ames https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mitch_Ames
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lates_calcarifer,_2014-09-19a.jpg
The barramundi or Asian sea bass (Lates calcarifer) is a species of catadromous fish in family Latidae of order Perciformes. The species is widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific region from Southeast Asia to Papua New Guinea and Northern Australia. Known in Thai language as pla kapong, it is very popular in Thai cuisine.
Order: Perciformes
Family: Latidae
Genus: Lates
Species: Lates calcarifer (Bloch, 1790)
Synonyms:
Holocentrus calcarifer Bloch, 1790
Coius vacti F. Hamilton, 1822
Pseudolates cavifrons Alleyne & W. J. Macleay, 1877
Lates darwiniensis W. J. Macleay, 1878
