Biology:Sleek lates

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Sleek lates
A fish known locally as the "migebuka" is a main species caught in Africa's Lake Tanganyika.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Latidae
Genus: Lates
Species:
L. stappersii
Binomial name
Lates stappersii
(Boulenger, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Luciolates stappersii Boulenger, 1914
  • Luciolates brevior Boulenger, 1914

The sleek lates (Lates stappersi) is a species of lates perch endemic to Lake Tanganyika. It is locally known as Mikebuka (Tanzania) or Mukeke (Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi). This species can reach a length of 45 centimetres (18 in) SL. It is very important to local commercial fisheries.[2]

References

  1. Ntakimazi, G. (2006). "Lates stappersii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2006: e.T60839A12417072. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60839A12417072.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/60839/12417072. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Lates stappersii" in FishBase. December 2013 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q5235171 entry