what lates sp. ?

[Super Ape]

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

 

[rallysman]

looks different from the juvie barramundis that I've seen.

 

[Super Ape]

yes, and very different from niloticus to.

 

[messiner]

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.

 

[rallysman]

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

 

[Richie]

He he.

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

Rich

 

[messiner]

OOPS, my bad

 

[M|L]

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.

 

[rallysman]

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

 

[M|L]

it's a barramundi.

you can still see the fainted "spots", look.

and the side shot doesn't allow you to see the dorsal line, but I can bet it's there.