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Lates (lates)

Actinopteri - Centropomidae

Taxonomy
Lates was named by Cuvier (1828). It is extant.

It was assigned to Percoidei by Agassiz (1835); to Latidae by Carnevale and Landini (2001), Murray and Attia (2004); and to Centropomidae by Sereno et al. (2008).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Lates Cuvier
1835Lates Agassiz p. 39ff
2001Lates Carnevale and Landini p. 75
2004Lates Murray and Attia
2008Lates Sereno et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
Euacanthomorphacea
Percomorphaceae
Carangimorpharia
Carangimorphariae
familyCentropomidaePoey 1868
genusLatesCuvier 1828

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Lates Cuvier 1828 [lates]
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Lates gibbus Agassiz 1833
Lates gracilis Agassiz 1833
Lates macrurus Agassiz 1833
Lates niloticus Linnaeus 1758 [Nile perch]
Lates notaeus Agassiz 1833
Lates qatraniensis Murray and Attia 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available