Lateolabrax
Genus of ray-finned fishes
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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]
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Acropomatiformes
Family:Lateolabracidae
V. G. Springer & Raasch, 1965[1]
V. G. Springer & Raasch, 1965[1]
| Lateolabrax | |
|---|---|
| |
| Japanese seabass (L. japonicus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acropomatiformes |
| Family: | Lateolabracidae V. G. Springer & Raasch, 1965[1] |
| Genus: | Lateolabrax Bleeker, 1855[2] |
| Type species | |
| Labrax japonicus Cuvier, 1828 | |
| Synonyms | |
One potential fossil genus is also known in Avitolabrax from the earliest Miocene of Japan, which may be ancestral to Lateolabrax.[6]
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[4]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Lateolabrax japonicus Cuvier, 1828 | Japanese sea bass | Western pacific where it occurs from Japan to the South China Sea. |
 | Lateolabrax latus Katayama, 1957 | Blackfin sea bass | coast of Japan, South Korea, and Vietnam. |
