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Lates

Lates is a genus of freshwater and euryhaline lates perches belonging to the family Latidae. The generic name is also used as a common name, lates, for many of the species.

All species are predatory, and the Nile perch (L. niloticus), in particular, has become infamous as an invasive species after its introduction into the East African Lake Victoria, where many native Haplochromines were driven extinct. In contrast, the Nile perch itself is somewhat threatened in its native habitat, similar to many members of the genus Lates with relatively restricted distributions.

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11 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 11 known species

Barramundi

speciesLates calcarifer

Nile Perch

speciesLates niloticus

Forktail Lates

speciesLates microlepis

Tanganyika Lates

speciesLates angustifrons

Japanese Lates

speciesLates japonicus

Bigeye lates

speciesLates mariae

Sleek Lates

speciesLates stappersii

Sri Lankan Sea Bass

speciesLates lakdiva

Myanmar Sea Bass

speciesLates uwisara

Rudolf Lates

speciesLates longispinis

Albert Lates

speciesLates macrophthalmus

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