Species that contain: Lates and calcarifer [ 7 ] records

calcar, Perca Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:89 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Japan [now is Pattukottai (10.4°N, 79.3°E), Tamil Nadu, India]. Lectotype: ZMB 13652 (right skin). Paralectotypes: ZMB 8735 (1, right skin). Type catalog: Paepke 1999:58 [ref. 24282]. Unjustified emendation of Holocentrus calcarifer Bloch 1790. •Synonym of Lates calcarifer (Bloch 1790) -- (Paepke 1999:58 [ref. 24282], Kottelat 2013:323 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Lates calcarifer (Bloch 1790). Latidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

calcarifer, Holocentrus Bloch [M. E.] 1790:100, Pl. 244 [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 4; ref. 469] Pattukottai (10.4°N, 79.3°E), Tamil Nadu, India. Holotype (?): ZMB 8735 (right skin) [or 13652]. Non-types: ZMB 13652 (right skin) Type catalog: Paepke 1999:58 [ref. 24282]. On p. 80 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 7 [ref. 21381]. Renamed calcar by Bloch & Schneider 1801:89 [ref. 471]. Lectotype selected by Paepke 1999:58 [ref. 24282], but disputed by Pethiyagoda & Gill 2012:8-9 [ref. 31984] . For extensive comments on possible types and the type locality see Pethiyagoda & Gill 2012:8-9 [ref. 31984]. •Valid as Lates calcarifer (Bloch 1790) -- (Greenwood 1976:77 [ref. 14198], Roberts 1978:55 [ref. 8886], Yu & Zhou in Kuang et al. 1986:223 [ref. 26639], Allen & Swainston 1988:62 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:482 [ref. 12442], Ataur Rahman 1989:337 [ref. 24860], Larson & Martin 1990:42 [ref. 16606], Allen 1991:112 [ref. 21090], Pethiyagoda 1991:208 [ref. 20075], Kottelat et al. 1993:103 [ref. 23448], Zhu 1995:206 [ref. 25213] as calcarrifer, Kohno et al. 1996 [ref. 22268], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:216 [ref. 27969], Rainboth 1996:183 [ref. 22772], Larson & Williams 1997:354 [ref. 23967], Allen 1997:98 [ref. 23977], Larson 1999:2431 [ref. 24811], Mishra et al. 1999:85 [ref. 25315], Pusey et al. 2000:72 [ref. 24466], Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:608 [ref. 25122], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:72 [ref. 25480], Bijukumar & Sushama 2000:185 [ref. 25703], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:98 [ref. 26368], Allen et al. 2000:96 [ref. 27467], Hutchins 2001:29 [ref. 25847], Allen et al. 2002:191 [ref. 25930], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S103 [ref. 27377], Khan 2003:8 [ref. 27710], Ataur Rahman 2003:367 [ref. 31338], Otero 2004:86 [ref. 27721], Morgan et al. 2004:151 [ref. 27718], Allen et al. 2006:967 [ref. 29081], Allen et al. 2008:117 [ref. 30265], Morgan et al. 2011:21 [ref. 31262], Pethiyagoda & Gill 2012:1 [ref. 31984], Hammer et al. 2012:67 [ref. 32389], Larson et al. 2013:93 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:323 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:95 [ref. 34464], Morgan et al. 2014:18 [ref. 36567], Psomadakis et al. 2015:193 [ref. 34104], Pusey et al. 2017:55 [ref. 35250], Motomura et al. 2017:77 [ref. 35490], Matsunuma in Kimura et al. 2018:96 [ref. 36460], Suresh et al. 2018:182 [ref. 36495], Eagderi et al. 2019:75 [ref. 37020], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 20 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:379 [ref. 37272], Taki et al. 2021:361 [ref. 39830], Heemstra 2022:18 [ref. 39742], Jamandre 2023:172 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Lates calcarifer (Bloch 1790). Latidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf east to Philippines and New Guinea, north to northern Vietnam and southern China, south to Pilbara (Western Australia) and northern Queensland (Australia); mostly in brackish and fresh water. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

cavifrons, Pseudolates Alleyne [H. G.] & Macleay [W.] 1877:262, Pl. 3 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 1 (pts 3-4); ref. 101] Torres Strait or the coast of New Guinea, exact locality not known. Holotype (unique): (apparently lost). Type catalog: Stanbury 1969:206 [ref. 19518] but with wrong date [applies to all species in ref. 101]; paratype not mentioned in original description. See See Pethiyagoda & Gill 2012:11 [ref. 31984] for type information. •Synonym of Lates calcarifer (Bloch 1790) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:482 [ref. 12442], Allen et al. 2006:967 [ref. 29081], Pethiyagoda & Gill 2012:11[ref. 31984], Kottelat 2013:323 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Lates calcarifer (Bloch 1790). Latidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

darwiniensis, Lates Macleay [W.] 1878:345 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 2 (pt 4); ref. 17573] Port Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Holotype (unique): AMS I.16319-001 [ex MAMU F442(b)]. Type catalog: Stanbury 1969:206 [ref. 19518]. •Synonym of Lates calcarifer (Bloch 1790) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:482 [ref. 12442], Larson & Williams 1997:354 [ref. 23967], Allen et al. 2006:967 [ref. 29081], Pethiyagoda & Gill 2012:11 [ref. 31984], Larson et al. 2013:93 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:323 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Lates calcarifer (Bloch 1790). Latidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

heptadactylus, Holocentrus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:344, 389 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 4; ref. 4929] No locality. Lectotype: MNHN A-7330 (dry). Paralectotypes: MNHN A-5739 (1, dry). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:72 [ref. 12478] with types also same as for Lates nobilis Cuvier 1829. Lectotype selected by Pethiyagoda & Gill 2012:10 [ref. 31984]. •Synonym of Lates calcarifer (Bloch 1790) -- (Pethiyagoda & Gill 2012:10 [ref. 31984], Kottelat 2013:323 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Lates calcarifer (Bloch 1790). Latidae.

nobilis, Lates Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828:96, Pl. 13 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 2; ref. 997] Pondicherry, India. Lectotype: MNHN A-7330 (dry). Paralectotypes: MHNG 148.01 (1); MNHN A-6892 (1, dry), A-5739 (1, dry). Type catalog: Bauchot & Desoutter 1987:73 [ref. 12478], Weber 1998:13 [ref. 32707]. Lectotype selected by Pethiyagoda & Gill 2012:11 [ref. 31984]. •Objective synonym of Lates heptadactylus (Lacepède 1802) and synonym of Lates calcarifer (Bloch 1790) -- (Pethiyagoda & Gill 2012:2 [ref. 31984]. Kottelat 2013:323 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Lates calcarifer (Bloch 1790). Latidae. Habitat: freshwater.

vacti, Coius Hamilton [F.] 1822:86, 369, Pl. 16 (fig. 28) [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Ganges River, Bengal, India. No types known. Hamilton's original illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 51 [ref. 37532]. •In family Centropomidae -- (Kottelat 2000:91 [ref. 25865]). •Synonym of Lates calcarifer (Bloch 1790) -- (Ataur Rahman 2003:367 [ref. 31338], Pethiyagoda & Gill 2012:10 [ref. 31984], Kottelat 2013:323 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Lates calcarifer (Bloch 1790). Latidae.