Where Does Barramundi Live?
Lates calcarifer
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Where to find Barramundi
- Water type
- brackish
- Depth
- Typically found in shallow coastal waters, estuaries, rivers, and lagoons, from surface to approximately 40 meters.
- Environment
- Highly adaptable, inhabiting a wide range of environments including clear freshwater rivers, turbid estuaries, mangrove-lined creeks, and coastal marine waters. They prefer areas with submerged vegetation, snags, and other structures for ambush predation.
- Geographic range
- Widespread throughout the Indo-West Pacific region, from the Persian Gulf, through Southeast Asia, to Papua New Guinea and Northern Australia.
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