Lates macrophthalmus, Albert lates : fisheries, gamefish

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Lates macrophthalmus Worthington, 1929

Albert lates
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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.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal; depth range 20 - 40 m. Tropical; 3°N - 2°N

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Africa: endemic to Lake Albert.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 29.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3636)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs in open waters (Ref. 3636).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Daget, J., 1986. Centropomidae. p. 293-296. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 3636)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Vulnerable (VU) (A3cd; B1ab(iii,v)); Date assessed: 30 March 2021

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes
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