Osteichthyes - Acanthopterygii - Centropomidae
Alternative combination: Labrus niloticus
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Lates according to J. Peters 1990
See also Carnevale and Landini 2001 and Linnaeus 1758
Sister taxa: Lates gibbus, Lates gracilis, Lates macrurus, Lates notaeus, Lates qatraniensis
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (3 collections), Egypt (2), Niger (3), Sudan (3)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (2), Uganda (7)
• Pliocene to Holocene of Uganda (1)
• Pliocene of Kenya (2), Uganda (11)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chad (1), Kenya (1), Uganda (32)
• Miocene of Italy (1), Kenya (1), Tunisia (2)
Total: 72 collections including 73 occurrences
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