Lates uwisara Pethiyagoda & Gill, 2012
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Lates uwisara, the Myanmar sea bass, is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Latidae which is only known to occur in Myanmar. It is similar to the barramundi but its body is not as deep. It is a species of fresh and brackish waters. This species appears to have been widely utilised for aquaculture and so may be found as an escape in other regions, there are already records from French Polynesia where there are no native species of Lates.
Wikipedia contributors, Lates uwisara; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T23:00:10.625341+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Lates uwisara Pethiyagoda & Gill, 2012
- Name authority
- Pethiyagoda & Gill, 2012
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Latidae
- Genus
- Lates
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- familyLatidae Jordan, 1888
- genusLates Cuvier, 1828
- speciesLates uwisara Pethiyagoda & Gill, 2012
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Lates. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Lates angustifrons Boulenger, 1906 | LatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lates japonicus Katayama & Taki, 1984 | LatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lates macrophthalmus Worthington, 1929 | LatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lates microlepis Boulenger, 1898 | LatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lates stappersii (Boulenger, 1914) | LatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lates longispinis Worthington, 1932 | LatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| barramundiLates calcarifer (Bloch, 1790) | LatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lates lakdiva Pethiyagoda & Gill, 2012 | LatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lates mariae Steindachner, 1909 | LatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Pethiyagoda, R., & Gill, A. C. (2012). Descriptions of two new species of sea bass (Teleostei: Latidae: Lates) from Myanmar and Sri Lanka. Zootaxa, 3314: 1–16. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3314.1.1 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3SJ3J. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.