Are Barramundi Native to Australia?

Barramundi a.k.a. Asian sea bass is native to Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Barramundi is Aboriginal for “large-scaled silver fish” and is internationally renowned for its deliciousness and versatility.

Is barramundi an Australian fish?

Fact 1 Barramundi's native waters span from Northern Australia up to Southeast Asia and all the way west to the coastal waters of India and Sri Lanka. Fact 2 Barramundi is known by many around the world as Asian Seabass, although its Scientific common name is Barramundi Perch.

Where are barramundi native to?

It is a fish common to the waters of northern Australia and south-east Asia and is also called Asian sea bass. In Thailand it is called pla kapong, and in Bengali it is called it bhetki. Asian sea bass is grown extensively in farms in Asia and imported into Australia in large amounts and marketed here as barramundi.