Bigeye lates
Lates mariae Steindachner, 1909
Status not recordedbony fish
The bigeye lates (Lates mariae) is a species in the family Latidae, order Perciformes.
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Quick facts about the bigeye lates
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the bigeye lates live?
Not recorded
Is the bigeye lates endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the bigeye lates classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classTeleostei
- orderPerciformes
- familyLatidae
- genusLates
- SpeciesLates mariae Steindachner, 1909
Other names and names in other languages (8)
- lates tanganickýCzech
- Barramundi-do-CongoPortuguese
- Isangala (adult)Rundi
- Sangara (adult)Swahili
- Umuzingi (juveniles)Rundi
- Keke (juvenile/singular)Swahili
- Makeke (juveniles)Swahili
- Muzinga (juvenile)Swahili
Relatives of the bigeye lates
Other species in the same genus Lates.
Nile perch
Lates niloticus
Barramundi
Lates calcarifer
Tanganyika lates
Lates angustifrons
Sleek lates
Lates stappersii
Japanese lates
Lates japonicus
Forktail lates
Lates microlepis
CompareBigeye lates vs Nile perchBigeye lates vs BarramundiBigeye lates vs Tanganyika latesBigeye lates vs Sleek lates
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
What kind of animal is the bigeye lates?
The bigeye lates (Lates mariae) belongs to the family Latidae in the order Perciformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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