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The Barramundi is a fish; here you can see it on the picture.
This picture has been taken in the Market place. The Barramundi
known in Latin as Lates calcarifer, it makes part of the
Centrpomidae family and is a diadromous fish species. These
fishes are usually of light grey-green colour. When monsoon
starts the male migrate downriver to join the female who will
lay their eggs, they can lay a very number of eggs. Most of the
eggs will become male first and will change to female at least
once. The maximum length of the Barramundi is 2 metres and weigh
to 60 kg, but the most seen are around 5 to 6 kg. It can be
found in Indian Ocean the Eastern Persian Golf, south China and
Japan, south Guinea and north Australia. There main food is
mollusks and crustaceans and young ones feed themselves of
zooplankton. The fish is known to taste very good, almost
boneless which make it a very demanding fish. The Barramundi is
also known as Asian seabass, white seabass, giant perch, and
giant seaperch. |
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