what lates sp. ?

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Super Ape

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hello fellow monster lovers! :)

a friend of mine recently ordered a “nile perch” from a supplier here in sweden. And this is what he got.





(but it was dead :( )
What do you guys think it was, real Nile perch or barramundi? or could it be L. microlepis? Because they said that they didnt have any barramundi :confused:
 
looks different from the juvie barramundis that I've seen.
 
yes, and very different from niloticus to.
 
looks different from the juvie barramundis that I've seen.
he said he ordered a nile perch, not a barramundi. looks like a nile perch too me.
 
he said he ordered a nile perch, not a barramundi. looks like a nile perch too me.
Read the entire first post and you might figure out why I said that:screwy:
 
He he.

Anyway, the eye is too big for a Barramundi. Shame it died.

Rich
 
OOPS, my bad:D
 
That's NOT a nile perch, Lates niloticus.

It is a Lates calcarifer, aka barramundi.

As for Lates microlepis, it is VERY rare and NOT available at all in the hobby. Period.

:)
 
looks nothing like the barramundi that I've seen @ juvies.
They had small spots and a line on their forehead.
 
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