Barramundi,Swimming


Description

Reference

IB1463

Category

Fishes

Family Name

Barramundi - LATIDAE

Common Name

Barramundi,Swimming

Scientific Name

Lates calcarifer

Artist Name

Roger Swainston

Notes

 

Large Barramundi are almost all females while smaller ones are almost all males. Females can reach up to 2m in length. Juveniles travel upstream into swamps, creeks and freshwater lagoons to mature before moving downstream again to spawn. The Barramundi is hugely popular as a sportfish.

Source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia 

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