page_title: Lates
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Lates / Species
caption_attribution_description: English: Fossil of Lates gibbus from Monte Bolca, on display at Museo Geologico G. Cappellini, Bologna
context_page_description: Lates is a genus of 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, in particular, has become infamous as an invasive species introduced into the East African Lake Victoria, where many native cichlids now are extinct. In contrast to the Nile perch, several members of the genus Lates with relatively restricted African or Asian distributions are themselves considered threatened.
context_section_description: Currently, 11 recognized species are placed in this genus:
  Lates angustifrons Boulenger, 1906 (Tanganyika lates)
  Lates calcarifer (Bloch, 1790) (barramundi)
  Lates japonicus Katayama & Y. Taki, 1984 (Japanese lates) (Japanese barramundi)
  Lates lakdiva Pethiyagoda & A. C. Gill, 2012
  Lates longispinis Worthington, 1932 (Rudolf lates)
  Lates macrophthalmus Worthington, 1929 (Albert lates)
  Lates mariae Steindachner, 1909 (bigeye lates)
  Lates microlepis Boulenger, 1898 (forktail lates)
  Lates niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Nile perch)
  Lates stappersii (Boulenger, 1914) (sleek lates)
  Lates uwisara Pethiyagoda & A. C. Gill, 2012
caption: Fossil of Lates gibbus
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