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Lates calcarifer (Bloch, 1790)

Barramundi
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Philippines country information

Common names: Apap, Apaap, Apaap
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: Toledo, J.D., 2003
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Reported from Lake Naujan (Ref. 13446), Lake Mainit and Kalinawan River (Ref. 81829). Recorded as having been or being farmed in rice fields (Ref. 119549). Also Ref. 393, 3281, 7306, 59175.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: FAO, 1995
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Carangaria/misc (Various families in series Carangaria) > Latidae (Lates perches)
Etymology: Lates: Latin, lateo, latere = to be hidden.
  More on author: Bloch.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; catadromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 10 - 40 m (Ref. 7261).   Tropical; 15°C - 28°C (Ref. 2060); 49°N - 26°S, 56°E - 155°E (Ref. 54239)

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