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Lates calcarifer (Bloch, 1790)

Barramundi
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Pakistan country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Catches of this species reported in the Handbook of Fisheries Statistics of Pakistan (1973-83) range from 457 t (1980) to 3 018 t (1982), with average of 936 t.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/pk.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bianchi, G., 1985
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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