Ecology Summary - Lates calcarifer

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Main Ref.	Blaber, S.J.M., 1980
Remarks	Inhabits coral reefs (Ref. 58534). Recorded as having been or being farmed in rice fields (Ref. 119549). Under hatchery conditions, larvae grow to juveniles in 26 days (Ref. 28133). The postlarvae (and possibly larvae) move from spawning areas to brackish water seasonal habitat (Ref. 28131). Larval barramundi occupy these habitats as well as main channels of streams (Ref. 6390). Juveniles live in freshwater lagoons, swamps and creeks (Ref. 28131). As these temporary habitats dry up, the juveniles move into the main stream and many migrate upstream to permanent freshwater habitats (Ref. 6390). Feed on fishes and crustaceans. They reach 1500-3000 g in one year in ponds under optimum conditions (Ref. 11046, 44894). Juveniles also eat insects (Ref. 44894).

Main Ref.

Blaber, S.J.M., 1980

Remarks

Inhabits coral reefs (Ref. 58534). Recorded as having been or being farmed in rice fields (Ref. 119549). Under hatchery conditions, larvae grow to juveniles in 26 days (Ref. 28133). The postlarvae (and possibly larvae) move from spawning areas to brackish water seasonal habitat (Ref. 28131). Larval barramundi occupy these habitats as well as main channels of streams (Ref. 6390). Juveniles live in freshwater lagoons, swamps and creeks (Ref. 28131). As these temporary habitats dry up, the juveniles move into the main stream and many migrate upstream to permanent freshwater habitats (Ref. 6390). Feed on fishes and crustaceans. They reach 1500-3000 g in one year in ponds under optimum conditions (Ref. 11046, 44894). Juveniles also eat insects (Ref. 44894).

Aquatic zones / Water bodies

	Marine - Neritic	Marine - Oceanic	Brackishwater	Freshwater
Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies	supra-littoral zone littoral zone sublittoral zone	epipelagic mesopelagic epipelagic abyssopelagic hadopelagic	estuaries/lagoons/brackish seas mangroves marshes/swamps	rivers/streams lakes/ponds caves exclusively in caves

Highighted items on the list are where Lates calcarifer may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Soft Bottom Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Beds: sea grass; Coral Reefs;
Special habitats Ref.	Halwart, M. and M.V. Gupta, 2004

Associations

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Parasitism

Feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Blaber, S.J.M., 1980
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Blaber, S.J.M., 1980

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	Original sample		Unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition			4.35	0.77
From individual food items	3.83	0.60			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.	Salini, J.P., D.T. Brewer and S.J.M. Blaber, 1998

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