Sleek lates

The sleek lates (Lates stappersi) is a species of lates perch endemic to Lake Tanganyika. It is locally known as Mikebuka (Tanzania) or Mukeke (Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi). This species can reach a length of 45 centimetres (18 in) SL. It is very important to local commercial fisheries.^[2]

Sleek lates
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Suborder:	Centropomoidei
Family:	Latidae
Genus:	Lates
Species:	L. stappersii
Binomial name
Lates stappersii (Boulenger, 1914)
Synonyms
Luciolates stappersii Boulenger, 1914 Luciolates brevior Boulenger, 1914