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Latidae (Lates perches)
Etymology: Lates: Latin, lateo, latere = to be hidden.
More on author: Boulenger.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; Água doce demersal; pH range: 7.5 - 8.2; dH range: 20 - 40. Tropical; 22°C - 28°C (Ref. 12468); 3°S - 9°S
Africa: widely distributed in Lake Tanganyika (Ref. 2216, 36901) and present in the Malagarazi River delta (Ref. 54847).
Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm 56.5  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 200 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 4967); peso máx. Publicado: 100.0 kg (Ref. 58490)
Descrição breve
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
Spacing between dorsal fins more than between last spines of first dorsal fin. Caudal fin rounded in adults, rounded and spotted in juveniles. Eyes small, less than interorbital with.
Juveniles live in a specific inshore habitat until they reach 18 cm (Ref. 2216) also found near and in slow flowing affluents (Ref. 36901). Adults found from the littoral to near the limit of the oxygenated zone (Ref. 2216). Solitary, lurking predator, probably favoring rocky bottoms and unspecialized in its fish diet; highly susceptible to intensive fishing (Ref. 2216). Feeds largely on benthic cichlids (Ref. 4967, 36901), but also takes sardines (Ref. 4967). Threatened due to over harvesting (Ref. 58490).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Coulter, G.W., 1976. The biology of Lates species in Lake Tanganyika, and the status of the pelagic fishery for Lates species and Luciolates stapersii. J. Fish Biol. 9(3):235-259. (Ref. 2216)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES (Ref. 131153)
Not Evaluated
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
Pescarias: espécies comerciais; peixe desportivo: sim
Ferramentas
Relatórios especiais
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5006 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00647 - 0.01946), b=3.02 (2.87 - 3.17), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 4.5 ±0.80 se; based on food items.
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Baixo, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população 4,5 - 14 anos (tm=3-5; K=0.25; tmax=13).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (55 of 100).