Lates lakdiva
Lates lakdiva is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Latidae, which is only known to occur in western Sri Lanka. It is similar to the barramundi, but its body is not as deep. It is a species of fresh and brackish waters.[2]
| Lates lakdiva | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Latidae |
| Genus: | Lates |
| Species: | L. lakdiva |
| Binomial name | |
| Lates lakdiva | |
References
- Rohan Pethiyagoda & Anthony C. Gill (2012). "Description of two new species of sea bass (Teleostei: Latidae: Lates) from Myanmar and Sri Lanka" (PDF). Zootaxa (3314): 1–16.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Lates lakdiva" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
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