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The barramundi (Lates calcarifer) is a species of diadromous fish in family Centropomidae of order Perciformes. It ranges from the eastern Persian Gulf, through the Indian Ocean, up to southern China and Japan, and south to New Guinea and northern Australia.

Barramundi are usually a pale grey-green with a coppery shimmer, and can grow to a maximum length of 2 m (6 foot 7 in), weighing up to 60 kg (130 lb); specimens weighing 5–6 kg (11–13 lb) are more commonly seen, however. Of typical centropomid shape, it can be distinguished from the Waigeo seaperch (Psammoperca waigiensis) of the same waters by its closely-set nostrils and maxilla which extends back past the eye.

The barramundi feeds on crustaceans, mollusks, and smaller fishes (including its own species); juveniles feed on zooplankton. This catadromous species inhabits rivers and descends to estuaries and tidal flats to spawn. At the start of the monsoon, males migrate downriver to meet females, who lay very large numbers of eggs (multiple millions each). The adults do not guard the eggs or the fry, which require brackish water to develop. The species is sequentially hermaphroditic, most individuals maturing as males and becoming female after at least one spawning season; most of the larger specimens are therefore female.

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