Lates longispinis Worthington, 1932
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 longispinis, also known as the Rudolf lates or Turkana perch, is a species of latid fish that is endemic to Lake Turkana (formerly known as Lake Rudolf) in Kenya and Ethiopia. It grows to 57 centimetres (22 in) in length. Lates longispinis is important to commercial fisheries and is also known as a gamefish. It is not known to exist in the aquarium fish trade.
Little is known about its status, and consequently the IUCN classifies it as Data Deficient, but according to Kenya's fisheries department the numbers are rising.
Wikipedia contributors, Lates longispinis; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T23:00:02.490115+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Lates longispinis Worthington, 1932
- Name authority
- Worthington, 1932
- 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 longispinis Worthington, 1932
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 uwisara Pethiyagoda & Gill, 2012 | 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 |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Lates niloticus longispinis Worthington, 1932 Worthington, 1932 | synonym |
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.
- Worthington, E. B. (1932). Scientific results of the Cambridge Expedition to the East African lakes, 1930-1. --2. Fishes other than Cichlidae. The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology, v. 38 (no. 258): 121–134. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1932.tb00697.x 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:6P2WW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.