The forktail lates (''Lates microlepis'') 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

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. Juveniles inhabit inshore habitats, moving as adults to open-water pelagic zones where it preys on other fishes. This species can reach a length of TL and the greatest reported weight of this species is . It is a

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important species and is also popular as a game fish.

References

Lates Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Fish described in 1898 {{Percoidea-stub