Species Profile

Lates calcarifer

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🐠 Fish

Barramundi

The barramundi or Asian sea bass ( Lates calcarifer ) is a species of catadromous fish in family Latidae of order Perciformes. The species is widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific region from Southeast Asia to Papua New Guinea and Northern Australia. Known in Thai language as pla kapong , it is very popular in Thai cuisine.

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