Lateolabrax is a genus of commercially important ray-finned 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 | |
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| Japanese seabass (L. japonicus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acropomatiformes |
| Family: | Lateolabracidae V. G. Springer & Raasch, 1965[2] |
| Genus: | Lateolabrax Bleeker, 1855[1] |
| Type species | |
| Labrax japonicus Cuvier, 1828
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| Synonyms | |
One potential fossil genus is also known in Avitolabrax from the earliest Miocene of Japan, which may be ancestral to Lateolabrax.[6]
Species
editThe currently recognized species in this genus are:[4]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Lateolabrax japonicus Cuvier, 1828 | Japanese sea bass | Western pacific where it occurs from Japan to the South China Sea. |
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Lateolabrax latus Katayama, 1957 | Blackfin sea bass | coast of Japan, South Korea, and Vietnam. |
References
edit- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Lateolabrax". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Lateolabracidae". FishBase. October 2013 version.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Lateolabrax". 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.
- ^ Matschiner, Michael; Musilová, Zuzana; Barth, Julia M. I.; Starostová, Zuzana; Salzburger, Walter; Steel, Mike; Bouckaert, Remco (2016-08-25). "Bayesian Phylogenetic Estimation of Clade Ages Supports Trans-Atlantic Dispersal of Cichlid Fishes" (PDF). Systematic Biology (Supplementary Material): syw076. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syw076. ISSN 1063-5157.
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