Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Lates \La"tes\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a fish of the Nile.]
   (Zo["o]l.)
   A genus of large percoid fishes, of which one species ({Lates
   Niloticus}) inhabits the Nile, and another ({L. calcarifer})
   is found in the Ganges and other Indian rivers. They are
   valued as food fishes.