Barramundi

Barramundi
A barramundi at the National Zoo & Aquarium, Canberra, Australia.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Latidae
Genus: Lates
Species:
L. calcarifer
Binomial name
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
This article is about the Asian sea bass. For other uses including other fish, see Barramundi (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Australian lungfish, which is also known as barramunda.

The barramundi (Lates calcarifer), Asian sea bass, or giant sea perch (also known as dangri or apahap) is a species of catadromous fish in the family Latidae of the order Perciformes. 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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