Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Tanganyika lates (Lates angustifrons), recorded as Endangered
Tanganyika lates (Lates angustifrons). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Tanganyika lates

Lates angustifrons

The Tanganyika lates is a lates perch endemic to Lake Tanganyika.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Lates angustifrons
Taxonomy
Perciformes · Latidae · Lates

The ray-finned fish

This species can reach a length of 200 centimetres (79 in) SL and the greatest recorded weight is 100 kilograms (220 lb).

Range and habitat

The Tanganyika lates is a lates perch endemic to Lake Tanganyika. The three other species in this lake are the bigeye lates (L. Mariae), forktail lates (L. Microlepis) and sleek lates (L. Stappersii).

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

It is a widespread predator on other fishes. It is threatened by the pressures that these activities put upon the population.

Tanganyika lates is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Tanganyika lates, Wikidata item Q141057. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Same genus

Photograph of Bigeye lates (Lates mariae), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Bigeye lates

Lates mariae
Photograph of Forktail lates (Lates microlepis), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Forktail lates

Lates microlepis
Photograph of Vaquita (Phocoena sinus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Vaquita

Phocoena sinus
Photograph of Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Javan rhinoceros

Rhinoceros sondaicus

Quick answers

What is Tanganyika lates?
Tanganyika lates is a ray-finned fish in the family Latidae (order Perciformes) — Lates angustifrons.
What is the conservation status of Tanganyika lates?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Lates angustifrons. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Tanganyika lates live?
The Tanganyika lates is a lates perch endemic to Lake Tanganyika.
Why is Tanganyika lates in crisis?
It is threatened by the pressures that these activities put upon the population.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Lates angustifrons?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Tanganyika lates a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.