The Albert lates (''Lates macrophthalmus'') is a species of
lates perch
The Latidae, known as the lates perches, are a family of perch-like fish found in Africa, Asia, and the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. Including about 13 species, the family, previously classified subfamily Latinae in family Centropomidae, wa ...
endemic to
Lake Albert in
Africa. This species is found in open waters at depths of from 20 m (66 ft) to 40 m (131 ft). It can reach a length of 29 cm (11 in)
TL. It is
commercially
Commerce is the large-scale organized system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions directly and indirectly related to the exchange (buying and selling) of goods and services among two or more parties within local, regional, nation ...
important and is also popular as a
game fish.
References
Lates
Taxa named by E. Barton Worthington
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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