Lates (Lates), (LATES) GREENWOOD, 1976

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SUBGENUS LATES (LATES) GREENWOOD, 1976

1758 – Perca Linnaeus (erratum).

1828 – Lates Cuvier & Valenciennes , p. 88.

1976 – Lates (Lates) Greenwood , p. 77.

Type species: Perca nilotica ( Linnaeus, 1758) .

Emended diagnosis: The monophyly of the subgenus is poorly supported. It may be the Lates stem group. Lates (Lates) species have a well-developed pleurosphenoid pedicle; the posterior border of the lateral ethmoid between the parasphenoid and the frontal is almost vertical; no noticeable elongation of the ethmovomerian region (about 20% or less of the neurocranial length).

Occurrence: Four Recent species: L. niloticus ( Linnaeus (1758), in the northern and western regions of tropical Africa and in lakes Chad, Albert (= Mobutu) and Turkana (introduced in lakes Victoria and Kioga); L. macrophthalmus , endemic to lake Albert; L. longispinis endemic to lake Turkana; and L. calcarifer ( Bloch, 1790) , living in coastal marine Indo-Pacific and Eastern Pacific waters [sometimes in estuarine habitats ( Weber & Beaufort, 1929)].