"Lates calcarifer" shine sunan kimiyya ga nau'in kifi da aka fi sani da barramundi. Wani nau'in perch ne da ake samu a yankin Indo-Pacific, musamman a Ostiraliya, kudu maso gabashin Asiya, da Papua New Guinea. Sunan "Lates" ya samo asali ne daga kalmar Helenanci "lates," ma'ana "kifi mai kama da teku-perch," yayin da "calcarifer" yana nufin "É—aukarwa" kuma yana nufin kaifi na kifi.
