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GBIF·2393168speciesAnimalia240 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderPerciformes
  4. ›familyLatidae
  5. ›genusLates
Lates microlepis
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IUCN CR · Critically endangered

Forktail Lates

Lates microlepis Boulenger, 1898

Also calledBarramundi-cauda-de-garfo (por) · Inonzi (adult) (run) · Isarabahanda (juvenile) (run) · Keke (juvenile singular) (swa) · Makeke (juvenile) (swa) · Nonzi (adult) (swa) · Sabalanda (juvenile) (swa) · lates malošupinný (ces)

First described in: Boulenger, G. A. (1898). Report on the fishes recently obtained by Mr. J. E. S. Moore in Lake Tanganyika. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1898 (pt 3): 494-497.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2393168.