Two new species of Lates Cuvier are described. Lates lakdiva, new species, from western Sri Lanka, differs from its IndoPacific congeners by its lesser body depth, 26.6‒27.6% SL; 5 rows of scales in transverse line between base of third dorsalfin spine and lateral line; 31‒34 serrae on the posterior edge of the preoperculum; third anal-fin spine longer than second; 47‒52 lateral-line scales on ...

In this study, relationships between flow variation across multiple temporal scales and the distribution and abundance of three fish species, western rainbowfish Melanotaenia australis, sooty grunter Hephaestus fuliginosus and barramundi Lates calcarifer were examined at eight sampling reaches in the Daly River, Northern Territory, Australia. Discharge was highly seasonal during the study perio...

Barramundi (Lates calcarifer) is a fish that has high economic value and the potential to be developed in Indonesia. One of species reported barramundi infest Neobenedenia girellae. This study aims determine prevalence intensity parasitic worm girellae waters Lampung Situbondo. Sampling with size 21 - 30 cm as many 40 from 50 Situbondo waters. The results showed there was infestation on 92% alm...

In Australian populations of barramundi Lates calcarifer, phylogenetic reconstruction of mtDNA sequences provided evidence of significant historical levels of gene flow, despite the substantial structuring of contemporary populations. The geographical pattern of mtDNA sequences among the populations was not congruent with previous evidence of a major disjunction between western and eastern popu...

The Burdekin River contains a distinctive fish fauna characterised by endemic species and species of biogeographic significance, and by a distinct disjunction in the distribution of many species due to the presence of a large waterfall (now the site of a very large impoundment) located in the lower quarter of the river's length. Downstream of the falls, large estuarine and catadromous piscivore...

The length-weight relationship of Asian seabass (Lates calcarifer Bloch, Centropomidae) was estimated for the first time based on a wild population; specimens were collected from Pichavaram mangrove waters during October 2003 to September 2004. A highly significant correlation between length and weight, as a relative condition changing in the course of the year, were particularly observed. Thes...

Nickel and mercury are naturally occurring, highly toxic environmental pollutant. The goal of the present study was investigate the effects of nickel and mercury exposure on the biochemical contents of the muscles tissues of fish Lates calcarifer by using Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. FT-IR spectra reveal significant differences in absorbance intensities between the control. ...

The characterization of candidate loci is a critical step in obtaining insight into adaptation and acclimation of organisms. In this study of two non-model tropical (to sub-tropical) congeneric perciformes (Lates calcarifer and Lates niloticus) we characterized both coding and non-coding regions of lactate dehydrogenase-B (ldh-b), a locus which exhibits temperature-adaptive differences among te...