Lates Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828:88 Masc. Perca nilotica Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Gill 1861:52 [ref. 1769] as Lates niloticus Cuvier. •Valid as Lates Cuvier 1828 -- (Greenwood 1976:77 [ref. 14198], Katayama et al. 1977:46 [ref. 7052], Katayama in Masuda et al. 1984:122 [ref. 6441], Jayaram 1981:315 [ref. 6497], Daget 1986:293 [ref. 6203], Van Neer 1987 [ref. 12843], Paxton et al. 1989:482 [ref. 12442], Lévêque et al. 1989:121 [ref. 26480], Paugy & Bénech 1989:304 [ref. 26478], Ataur Rahman 1989:337 [ref. 24860], Paugy et al. 1990:342 [ref. 26477], Harrison 1991 [ref. 20142], Allen 1991:113 [ref. 21090], Paugy in Lévêque et al. 1992:662 [ref. 21590], Kinoshita & Tshibangu 1997:89 [ref. 23510], Larson 1999:2430 [ref. 24811], Dankwa et al. 1999:44 [ref. 28023], Ataur Rahman 2003:367 [ref. 31338], Otero 2004:85 [ref. 27721], Allen et al. 2006:967 [ref. 29081], Liu 2007:405 [ref. 30077] with authorship as Cuvier & Valenciennes, Li et al. 2011:463 [ref. 32081] in Centropomidae, Pethiyagoda & Gill 2012:1 [ref. 31984], Kottelat 2013:323 [ref. 32989], Motomura et al. 2017:77 [ref. 35490]). Current status: Valid as Lates Cuvier 1828. Latidae.