Lateolabrax

Lateolabrax is a genus of commercially important fishes known as the Asian seabasses. It is the only genus in the family Lateolabracidae.[3] This genus is native to the coastal waters of the western Pacific Ocean.[4] This genus has also been included in family Moronidae (temperate basses) and may be nested within the Polyprionidae.[5]

Lateolabrax
Japanese seabass (L. japonicus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Lateolabracidae
V. G. Springer & Raasch, 1965[1]
Genus: Lateolabrax
Bleeker, 1855[2]
Type species
Labrax japonicus
Cuvier, 1828
Synonyms

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[4]

  • Lateolabrax japonicus Cuvier, 1828 (Japanese sea bass)
  • Lateolabrax latus Katayama, 1957 (Blackfin sea bass)

References
  1. Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230.
  2. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Lateolabrax". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  3. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). "Lateolabracidae" in FishBase. October 2013 version.
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Lateolabrax in FishBase. December 2019 version.
  5. J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 435. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.


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