Title: Saltwater Fish
Species #1
Common Name: Asian Bass Scientific Name: Lates calcarifer Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Latidae
Geography / Habitat: Barramundi are catadromous, spending most of their life in fresh water and migrating to salt water in order to breed. Smaller fish are found in rivers and streams and larger fish are found in the ocean and estuaries (Pender, 1996; FAO, 1999). Life Strategy: Little is known about longevity of barramundi. Food / Feed Strategy: Barramundi are opportunistic predators. They eat micro crustaceans such as copepods and amphipods as juvenile fish under 40 mm. As larger juveniles they eat macrocrustaceans like Penaeidae and Palaemonidae.
Body Form or Style: N/A ● Swim / Locomotion Style:N/A ● Mouth Position: Terminal ● Citation: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Lates_calcarifer/