In addition, the high fertility of females provides abundant biological material for ovum production in hatcheries. It is a species that adapts very well to the conditions of production in captivity and obtains a great yield with extruded quality feeds, growing rapidly and reaching a commercial size (350 g – 3 kg) between six months and two years.

•  Distribution: Distributed in the Indo-West Pacific region, from the Arabian Gulf to China, Taiwan, Papua New Guinea and northern Australia. It is in these same places that its production takes place.
•  Feed: Barramundi is an opportunistic predator; crustaceans and fish mainly constitute its adult diet.
•  Farming: In marine cages and tanks.
•  Repro: Spawning seasonality varies within the range of the species distribution, for example, in northern Australia, the barramundi spawns between September and March, with latitudinal variations in the spawning season, usually in response to a variation in water temperature. Spawning takes place near the mouth of rivers, in lower estuaries and near coastal entrances. The female barramundi can produce 30 to 40 million eggs.