Barramundi

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.

Barramundi
A barramundi at the National Zoo & Aquarium, Canberra, Australia.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Suborder: Centropomoidei
Family: Latidae
Genus: Lates
Species:
L. calcarifer
Binomial name
Lates calcarifer
(Bloch, 1790)
Synonyms

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