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