The Tanganyika lates (''Lates angustifrons'')is a species of

lates perch The Latidae, known as the lates perches, are a family of perch-like fish found in Africa, Asia, and the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. Including about 13 species, the family, previously classified subfamily Latinae in family Centropomidae, w ...

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...

Lake Tanganyika Lake Tanganyika () is an African Great Lake. It is the second-oldest freshwater lake in the world, the second-largest by volume, and the second-deepest, in all cases after Lake Baikal in Siberia. It is the world's longest freshwater lake. T ...

. It is a widespread predator on other fishes. This species can reach a length of SL and the greatest recorded weight is . This species is important commercially and is also popular as a

game fish Game fish, sport fish or quarry refer to popular fish pursued by recreational anglers, and can be freshwater or saltwater fish. Game fish can be eaten after being caught, or released after capture. Some game fish are also targeted commercia ...

. It is threatened by the pressures that these activities put upon the population. Despite its common name, it is not the only lates in Tanganyika. The three other species in this lake are the

bigeye lates The bigeye lates (''Lates mariae'') is a species of lates perch native to Lake Tanganyika and from the Lualaba drainage in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Juveniles inhabit inshore habitats while adults inhabit benthic environments in dee ...

(''L. mariae''),

forktail lates The forktail lates (''Lates microlepis'') is a species of lates perch endemic to Lake Tanganyika. Juveniles inhabit inshore habitats, moving as adults to open-water pelagic zones where it preys on other fishes. This species can reach a length o ...

(''L. microlepis'') and

sleek lates The sleek lates (''Lates stappersi'') is a species of lates perch endemic to Lake Tanganyika Lake Tanganyika () is an African Great Lake. It is the second-oldest freshwater lake in the world, the second-largest by volume, and the second- ...

(''L. stappersii'').

References

Lates Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Fish described in 1906 {{Percoidea-stub