National Aquarium: Barramundi (Lates calcarifer)

The barramundi is a large, silver fish that changes sex as it grows. Once the fish reaches about 20 inches in length, it transitions from male to female.

Barramundis are born in estuaries. They move temporarily to swamps, then to the mouths and upper regions of rivers until full grown. The fish spend the remainder of their lives in rivers before returning to estuaries to spawn.

Did you know that these fish start off life as male and then change their sex to female?

Read on to learn more about the barramundi!


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Animals
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