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]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Lateolabrax japonicus Cuvier, 1828 | Japanese sea bass | Western pacific where it occurs from Japan to the South China Sea. |
 | Lateolabrax latus Katayama, 1957 | Blackfin sea bass | coast of Japan, South Korea, and Vietnam. |
References
- Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
- Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Lateolabrax". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). "Lateolabracidae" in FishBase. October 2013 version.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Lateolabrax in FishBase. December 2019 version.
- 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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