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Lates niloticus (Nile perch)

Actinopteri - Centropomidae

Taxonomy
Labrus niloticus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Lates niloticus by Peters (1990) and Carnevale and Landini (2001).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. rhachirhinchus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Labrus niloticus Linnaeus
1990Lates niloticus Peters
2001Lates niloticus Carnevale and Landini p. 75

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

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.

Lates niloticus Linnaeus 1758 [Nile perch]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:44:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:44:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.60800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (72 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Uganda Lates niloticus (22215 22217 22218 22245 22246 22247 22343 22344 22392 22396 22398 22400 22405 22408 22409 22422 22425 22430 22431 22433 22437 22440 22449 22450 22451 22452 22453 22454 22457 22463)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Tunisia Lates niloticus (118015 118016)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Kenya Lates niloticus (22241)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Uganda Lates niloticus (22345 22456)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Chad Lates niloticus (24181)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Lates niloticus (219783)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya Lates niloticus (22242)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Uganda Lates niloticus (22250 22255 22256 22257 22258 22260 22261 22262 22263 22265)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Congo-Kinshasa Lates niloticus (22198)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Kenya Lates niloticus (22235 22239)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Lates niloticus (22122 22207 22346)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Uganda Lates niloticus (22201 22202 22203 22208 22210)
Pliocene - Holocene5.333 - 0.0Uganda Lates niloticus (22244)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Uganda Lates niloticus (22178)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt Lates niloticus (21888 21889)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Lates niloticus (22065 22066)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Niger Lates niloticus (83303 83304 83305)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Lates niloticus (22068)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Lates niloticus (21871 208786 208787)